The Economist look at Al Gore’s claim that he’s effectively “carbon neutral” and determines that it’s all a sham: Most carbon offsets seem to work on one of a few principles: they plant trees, invest in renewable energy sources, or pay someone in a developing country to use some less-polluting technology, like a CFL. It [...]
Two interesting pieces on the Giuliani campaign, the first coming from New York Magazine. They take a look at the conventional wisdom and find that all the ink about Giuliani having no chance doesn’t quite seem to hold: Once the rest of the country sees Giuliani up close, the conventional New York wisdom once held, [...]
The Dow plummeted today, following the mass selloff in the Shanghai markets. The Chinese markets, which have been growing at unsustainably high rates over the last few years are now beginning to see a restoration of economic equilibrium, which is sending shockwaves across the world financial markets. I’ve argued before that the Chinese economy is [...]
The New York Times has a fascinating piece on environmentalist pioneer Stewart Brand who is advocating a fusion of environmentalism and high-technology to mitigate the effects of climate change and other environmental woes: Stewart Brand has become a heretic to environmentalism, a movement he helped found, but he doesn’t plan to be isolated for long. [...]
ABC has a piece that shows the level of scholarly skepticism over the claims that the tomb found in 1980 was actually the tomb of Jesus Christ and his family. On a more religious note, The Anchoress also finds the story less than plausible. One needn’t reach to religious reasons to doubt this story. The [...]
James Cameron and a group of Israeli archeologists are claiming to have identified the remains of Jesus and his family from a set of 10 stone caskets uncovered in a Jerusalem suburb 27 years ago. Time magazine also has more on the upcoming announcement. There’s a couple of problems with this. For one, the Yeshua [...]
The Star-Tribune is questioning Rep. Michele Bachmann when she said that Iran was planning to partition Iraq and create a terrorist state. Rep. Bachmann is actually correct, except she’s confusing Iran and al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda did indeed declare their own Islamic State of Iraq. There is also some evidence that the Iranian government has supported Sunni [...]