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More climate myths

“Climate change will make earth a living hell!” claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I don’t believe him. The media say, “All arctic ice will soon melt away! Polar bears are dying off! Global warming causes food shortages!” Bunk, bunk, bunk. They are addicted to ...

The shots that changed the world

The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” begins, “Listen, my children ...” And, sure enough, we have long told our kids and ourselves of the cinematic events in April 1775, when the famous silversmith warned the countryside of approaching British troops and the ...

Why does union membership keep declining in the country?

It hardly qualifies as news anymore, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership declined from 2023 to 2024, going from 10% to 9.9% of wage and salary workers. About 32% of public employees are union members compared with only 5.9% of private-sector workers, down from 6% ...

Are any of us safe now?

In a couple of months, I am planning a business trip to Europe. I don’t scare easy, but despite the fact that I’m an American citizen and have committed no crime, I am worried about what might happen when I attempt to come home. Will Customs and Border Patrol agents pull me from the ...

Taking Easter seriously

“That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were oppressed by British monarchs, the word most frequently uttered in pamphlets, ...

Trump’s war against the Ivy League is all a smokescreen

Let’s cut to the chase. Most of Donald Trump’s threats against Ivy League colleges are an attempt to divert attention away from an economy heading into crisis. The trade war is producing economic and foreign policy nightmares. Despite the DOGE show, budget deficits are projected to rise ...