Jan 31 2010

About last Friday

I’ll be on vacation this week, both from work and from blogging. But before signing off, I want to comment on President Obama’s appearance in Baltimore on Friday before the House Republicans.
It was, as just about everyone agrees, an impressive performance by Obama, a performance that I think confirms my view that Obama [...]

Dec 8 2009

More ‘Cooked" AGW Data

There’s more proof “man made” global warming simply does not exist.
This comes as The Australian has it that climate claims fail the science test.
Given cooked books and the absence of supportive science on AGW, little wonder that more Americans believe in angels than global warming.
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Nov 12 2009

Barack Obama?s shameful absence from Berlin: Four Key Reasons why … - Daily Telegraph Blogs

Barack Obama was quick off the mark last year in heading for Berlin during his election campaign, when he was cheered by a crowd of 200,000 adoring Germans. Yet as president of the United States he has decided to stay away from Berlin as the city …
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Oct 1 2009

John Mathias delivers a low blow

The “D” — Dartmouth’s daily student newspaper — has published a profile of our friend Joe Asch. In the piece, John Mathias, president of the Association of Alumni, is quoted as saying of Joe, “he’s an unrelenting critic of Dartmouth, almost pathologically.”
Assuming Mathias has not been misquoted, this is a deplorable remark. [...]

Oct 1 2009

The Shape of Things to Come?

In the absence of a discernable trajectory of purpose, a person’s actions may seem random, unpredictable, and inexplicable. Why did he do that? Why not this? What’s he going to do next? We haven’t a clue.
But sometimes, in a great flash, you finally see the pattern; and all previous actions make [...]

Sep 14 2009

AP: GOP Voters "Confused" About Obamacare

The AP reports on the likelihood of the GOP drubbing the Democrats in 2010:

From New Hampshire to Nevada, House Democrats also will be forced to defend votes on Obama’s $787 billion economic recovery package and on energy legislation viewed by many as a job killer in an already weak economy.
Add to that the absence of [...]

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