by Henry Oliner | Aug 10, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
From Kevin Williamson at National Review, Progressivism, Democracy, and Climate-Change Action Because progressives are at heart utopians, they have a difficult time acknowledging tradeoffs. On Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, climate change is the most important...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 5, 2021 | Politics, Science
From Charles Cooke at National Review, COVID-19 Has Given Us Progressivism Unleashed: Mercifully, this is not how governments behave when the issue is travel, plumbing, or beans. In the case of COVID, however, it absolutely has been. Since the pandemic started, we...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 4, 2021 | Politics, Science
From The Wall Street Journal, How Science Lost the Public’s Trust, by Tunku Varadarajan: The politicization of science leads to a loss of confidence in science as an institution. The distrust may be justified but leaves a vacuum, often filled by a “much more...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 2, 2021 | Global Warming, Science
From The Wall Street Journal, How Science Lost the Public’s Trust, by Tunku Varadarajan: He asks: “If you think biological complexity can come about through unplanned emergence and not need an intelligent designer, then why would you think human society needs an...
