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  • Epitaph for a Dying Culture

    Epitaph for a Dying Culture0

    The Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and their endless sequelae have ended up as an epitaph for a spent culture for which its remedies are felt to be worse than its diseases. Think 338 B.C., A.D. 476, 1453, or 1939. The coordinated effort to destroy Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court required the systematic refutation

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  • Epidemiologist: Sweden’s COVID Response Isn’t Unorthodox

    Epidemiologist: Sweden’s COVID Response Isn’t Unorthodox0

    Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to draw scrutiny, both praise and criticism. One thing critics and supporters agree on is that Sweden’s “lighter touch” approach, which encourages social distancing through softer measures in lieu of mass closures, is unorthodox or exceptional. This is not entirely true, however. As Sweden’s top infectious disease expert

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  • Epidemiologist: Individual Responsibility Is Flattening Sweden’s COVID Curve

    Epidemiologist: Individual Responsibility Is Flattening Sweden’s COVID Curve0

    Sweden may be on to something. Bloomberg reports: Sweden’s unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is starting to yield results, according to the country’s top epidemiologist. Anders Tegnell, the architect behind Sweden’s relatively relaxed response to Covid-19, told local media the latest figures on infection rates and fatalities indicate the situation is starting to

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  • Environmentalist: We’ve Misled the Public on Climate Change

    Environmentalist: We’ve Misled the Public on Climate Change0

    Greta has disappeared. Not entirely, mind you. The official Greta Thunberg Twitter account is still functioning, detailing her continued school strike, her admonitions to stay home, and her enthusiasm for flattening the curve. But in effect, Greta Thunberg disappeared as the world decided it had better things to worry about than climate change. As it

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  • Environmentalism and the Immoral Low Ground

    Environmentalism and the Immoral Low Ground0

    Last month, the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed new power plant regulations that would put harsh limits on the amount of carbon dioxide released while producing electricity. This comes from the same administration pushing to electrify all parts of daily life, from driving to cooking. As if slamming the power grid with artificial demand is not enough, now the

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  • Environmental Scholar’s Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty

    Environmental Scholar’s Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty0

    In response to the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris climate treaty, I’ve issued the following statement: The Paris climate treaty is climatically insignificant. EPA’s own models show it would only lower global warming by an inconsequential two-tenths of a degree Celsius by 2100. The cost to the U.S. – in the form of required payments

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