Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Austin Bramwell
Matthew Yglesias suggests that out-group bias against environmentalists explains why libertarians, in contradiction to their own ideology, so often defend sprawl. (Jim Henley, Erik Kain and David Schaengold and others also had interesting reactions to my earlier post.) There’s something to that, though I’d like to add two more factors that may be at work.
The first is relatively [...]
Filed under: Culture, Law, Uncategorized, environment, libertarianism
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Patrick J. Buchanan
With publication of “On the Origin of Species” in 1859, the hunt was on for the “missing link.” Fame and fortune awaited the scientist who found the link proving Darwin right: that man evolved from a monkey.
In 1912, success! In a [...]
Filed under: Politics, environment
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Patrick J. Buchanan
If you would know what Copenhagen is all about, hearken to this nugget in The Washington Post’s report from the Danish capital.
“Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenari — who is representing all of Africa here — unveiled his proposal Wednesday for a system in which rich countries would provide money to poor ones [...]
Filed under: Politics, environment
Posted on November 27th, 2009 by Clark Stooksbury
For some reason, Andrew Sullivan linked to this tripe from Blake Hurst about industrial farming without further comment. Hurst is a foe of agribusiness critics such as Michael Pollanand the film, Food, Inc. But he has no arguments other than saying that cheap is good. Cheap is good so long as the cost aren’t exported [...]
Filed under: Economics, environment
Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Patrick J. Buchanan
Before President Obama even landed at Andrews Air Force Base, returning from his mission to Copenhagen to win the 2016 Olympic Games, Chicago had been voted off the island.
Many shared the lamentation of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, “What has become of America, when [...]
Filed under: Politics, environment
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Daniel McCarthy
In the wake of cap and trade passing the House last Friday, we’ve made the cover story for our August issue, “The Green-Industrial Complex,” available online. Brendan O’Neill reveals how “green” carbon legislation privileges big business at the expense of small businesses and nonprofits — and of course, the taxpayer. Here’s a taste:
Under the plan [...]
Filed under: Economics, Politics, environment
