In a wide-ranging interview with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, former president Barack Obama, the archduke of sanctimony, weighed in on any number of issues. To be sure, what Obama thinks would be no more relevant than what Jimmy…
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters Dr. Steven Koonin (BenBella Books, 240 pages, $25) If politicians’ positions on public policy were guided by knowledge and honesty, the entire “national conversation” and congressional debate…
Democrats have obsessed over any and all perceived risks to health during COVID. But somehow that intense aversion to risk never applies to the obvious risks of transgender surgery. According to Joe Biden, those who don’t favor mask mandates display…
I am afraid. I get up at six in the morning. I turn on the radio, and they’ve already ruined my day: “Getting up early is bad for your health,” according to a study by the University of Westminster. Apparently,…
I keep coming back to my fundamental belief that every single Leftist–Progressive–Liberal craziness and “innovation” that the Biden–Pelosi–Sanders–Ocasio Democrats advance will redound to my benefit, the benefit of my kids and of my kids’ kids, and the benefits of my…
If you’ve seen the signs reading, “Science is real,” heard the phrase, “follow the science,” or been told to “trust in science,” and if these statements have often been used to try to curb your dissent, free thinking, and discussion…
“Science, not politics, must be the guide.” This was the proclamation made by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in April of this year. Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, this concept of science as the ultimate decision-maker is one that politicians have rhetorically…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden insists that, if he wins the November election, his COVID-19 policies will “follow the science.” This would certainly be a welcome departure from his rhetoric regarding the pandemic. Biden’s public statements, particularly on mask mandates,…
A dozen generations or so ago, the scientific method gradually began superseding the method of authority as the most reliable way of knowing the world. We no longer had to accept without question what powerful individuals and institutions asserted; we…
