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Jul 27, 2026
In my own professional life, I was not a scientist, and therefore I never much paid attention to the kinds of rewards and honors that practicing scientists pass out to each other....
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Jul 20, 2026
At least since New York passed its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) back in 2019, it has been clear that trouble has been coming for New York’s...
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Jul 14, 2026
If you are paying any attention, you will have noticed by now that all of the energy in the Democratic Party at the moment comes from the faction calling itself the Democratic...
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Jul 7, 2026
This year’s primary season features the rapid ascent within the Democratic Party of the faction going by the name “Democratic Socialists of America.” Despite the...
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Jun 30, 2026
A remarkable feature of governments in Europe is the extent to which they operate explicitly against the interest of their citizens and voters. They give an outward appearance of...
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Jun 25, 2026
Yesterday was primary election day in New York. I previewed it in my prior post, “Socialism: On The March, Or Not So Much?” There were no Republican primaries in New York...
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Jun 22, 2026
The famous quote from Winston Churchill about Socialism is as apt today as when first uttered in 1948: "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel...
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Jun 17, 2026
I have often noted that the climate scam and the associated forced energy transition would of necessity go away at some point because the proposals being advocated to “save the...
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Jun 13, 2026
In a post back in January , commenting on the November 2025 off-year elections, I remarked that the buzz-word of the moment for the Democrats appeared to be...
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May 27, 2026
Ocean “acidification” is a somewhat unique branch of the overarching climate scare. It differs from other branches of the big scare in that it does not depend on...
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May 20, 2026
As you may be aware, early this year President Trump commenced a personal litigation against the federal government, seeking compensation for various alleged wrongs committed against...
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May 15, 2026
It’s been a long time since I have done an update on the homelessness situation in San Francisco. The reason is that I have avoided the issue until sufficient evidence had...
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May 11, 2026
Among all the crazy ways that humanity is supposed to “save the planet” by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, offshore wind electricity generation has to be about the...
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May 7, 2026
Two articles from the New York Times in the past couple of days describe the widening divergence between the approaches taken by the U.S. and China on the subject of wind energy. I...
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May 5, 2026
On April 29, the Supreme Court decided Louisiana v. Callais . That’s the case where the Court held that the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create a second...
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Apr 30, 2026
Co-op City, located (like the Yankees) in the New York City borough known as The Bronx, is the largest co-op apartment community in the City, and indeed in the United States. Built...
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Apr 21, 2026
When I consider our new Mayor Mamdani and his legions of committed followers, the thought I can’t get away from is “How is it possible to be this ignorant?” Right now here in...
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Apr 20, 2026
Here in New York, our new Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform of “taxing the rich.” But that leaves a question to which the answer up to now has not been...
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Apr 6, 2026
Back in May 2024, I had a post titled “So How Are Things Going In China?” The post was inspired by a New York Times article of April 15 of that year that had reported...
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Mar 19, 2026
Word is that things are a little rough down in Cuba right now. In my post of February 23 , I reported that Cuba had become the first nation in the world to achieve the climate...
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Mar 17, 2026
New York certainly has its problems, and I write frequently write about many of them. But is it really awful living here? I believe in keeping these things in perspective. New York...
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Mar 4, 2026
In today’s world, there are 193 countries in the UN. The large majority of those countries will vote consistently against the United States on measures that come before the...
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Feb 24, 2026
There it was on the front page of Saturday’s New York Times : with a small assist from the United States, the island nation of Cuba has almost entirely ended the use of fossil...
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Feb 6, 2026
My last two posts have been about the new Federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, just out (December 31) from the Federal Justice Center. The Chair of that Center is U.S....
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Feb 2, 2026
It is truly remarkable how easy it is to fool the smartest people. And especially when you tell them they are helping to save the world. So something called the Federal Judicial...
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Jan 28, 2026
“Affordability.” That’s the new political mantra of Democratic politicians. Or maybe it’s one of two mantras, the other being that deporting illegal aliens makes ICE the...
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Jan 23, 2026
Over the past couple of years, I have had several posts here expressing skepticism about whether electric vehicles (EVs) were really the wave of the future. Most recently, I had a...
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Jan 21, 2026
Here in the U.S., the second Trump administration has largely pulled the plug on the suite of crazy energy policies marching under the banner of “fighting climate change.” But...
Jul 27, 2026In my own professional life, I was not a scientist, and therefore I never much paid attention to the kinds of rewards and honors that practicing scientists pass out to each other....
Jul 20, 2026At least since New York passed its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) back in 2019, it has been clear that trouble has been coming for New York’s...
Jul 14, 2026If you are paying any attention, you will have noticed by now that all of the energy in the Democratic Party at the moment comes from the faction calling itself the Democratic...
Jul 7, 2026This year’s primary season features the rapid ascent within the Democratic Party of the faction going by the name “Democratic Socialists of America.” Despite the...
Jun 30, 2026A remarkable feature of governments in Europe is the extent to which they operate explicitly against the interest of their citizens and voters. They give an outward appearance of...
Jun 25, 2026Yesterday was primary election day in New York. I previewed it in my prior post, “Socialism: On The March, Or Not So Much?” There were no Republican primaries in New York...
Jun 22, 2026The famous quote from Winston Churchill about Socialism is as apt today as when first uttered in 1948: "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel...
Jun 17, 2026I have often noted that the climate scam and the associated forced energy transition would of necessity go away at some point because the proposals being advocated to “save the...
Jun 13, 2026In a post back in January , commenting on the November 2025 off-year elections, I remarked that the buzz-word of the moment for the Democrats appeared to be...
May 27, 2026Ocean “acidification” is a somewhat unique branch of the overarching climate scare. It differs from other branches of the big scare in that it does not depend on...
May 20, 2026As you may be aware, early this year President Trump commenced a personal litigation against the federal government, seeking compensation for various alleged wrongs committed against...
May 15, 2026It’s been a long time since I have done an update on the homelessness situation in San Francisco. The reason is that I have avoided the issue until sufficient evidence had...
May 11, 2026Among all the crazy ways that humanity is supposed to “save the planet” by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, offshore wind electricity generation has to be about the...
May 7, 2026Two articles from the New York Times in the past couple of days describe the widening divergence between the approaches taken by the U.S. and China on the subject of wind energy. I...
May 5, 2026On April 29, the Supreme Court decided Louisiana v. Callais . That’s the case where the Court held that the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create a second...
Apr 30, 2026Co-op City, located (like the Yankees) in the New York City borough known as The Bronx, is the largest co-op apartment community in the City, and indeed in the United States. Built...
Apr 21, 2026When I consider our new Mayor Mamdani and his legions of committed followers, the thought I can’t get away from is “How is it possible to be this ignorant?” Right now here in...
Apr 20, 2026Here in New York, our new Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform of “taxing the rich.” But that leaves a question to which the answer up to now has not been...
Apr 6, 2026Back in May 2024, I had a post titled “So How Are Things Going In China?” The post was inspired by a New York Times article of April 15 of that year that had reported...
Mar 19, 2026Word is that things are a little rough down in Cuba right now. In my post of February 23 , I reported that Cuba had become the first nation in the world to achieve the climate...
Mar 17, 2026New York certainly has its problems, and I write frequently write about many of them. But is it really awful living here? I believe in keeping these things in perspective. New York...
Mar 4, 2026In today’s world, there are 193 countries in the UN. The large majority of those countries will vote consistently against the United States on measures that come before the...
Feb 24, 2026There it was on the front page of Saturday’s New York Times : with a small assist from the United States, the island nation of Cuba has almost entirely ended the use of fossil...
Feb 6, 2026My last two posts have been about the new Federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, just out (December 31) from the Federal Justice Center. The Chair of that Center is U.S....
Feb 2, 2026It is truly remarkable how easy it is to fool the smartest people. And especially when you tell them they are helping to save the world. So something called the Federal Judicial...
Jan 28, 2026“Affordability.” That’s the new political mantra of Democratic politicians. Or maybe it’s one of two mantras, the other being that deporting illegal aliens makes ICE the...
Jan 23, 2026Over the past couple of years, I have had several posts here expressing skepticism about whether electric vehicles (EVs) were really the wave of the future. Most recently, I had a...
Jan 21, 2026Here in the U.S., the second Trump administration has largely pulled the plug on the suite of crazy energy policies marching under the banner of “fighting climate change.” But...