Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of National Review and the father of postwar American conservatism. In his honor, here are six quotes by the inimitable writer on collectivism, freedom, and power. On government power (I):...
The Environmental Review Tribunal in Ontario has stopped a 27 Unit Wind Turbine installation in Prince Edward County, after concluding that the project would threaten the Little Brown Bat and the Blanding’s Turtle, both species at risk. Finally, eco projects are being...
Did you know about Wallace? Well … There was William Wallace, he who refused to submit to English rule and in 1305 was hanged, disemboweled, and quartered for it. Makes you think twice about secession, I guess that’s after the fact though. How about Wallace of Wallace...
Overheard in Airport, 30 something, on a cell phone, carrying a laptop - "I'm headed to the office to get some work done"
China issued 210 licences for new coal-fired power plants last year despite the central government repeatedly sounding the alarm on overcapacity, Greenpeace said. Coal-fired power plants are generally blamed as one of the chief reasons for China’s dire pollution...
A Message For You CHAPTER 29 Sometime in 1972 the Department of Labour, said that we had to have a license to work in the mill, they wanted all the mechanics to have their industrial mechanic licenses. The Department of Labour, Bruce Baker told the superintendent,...
President Obama has already demonstrated a willingness to “use the instruments of power” to target his political opponents, so Loretta Lynch’s acknowledgment the Justice Department is exploring legal action against global warming skeptics isn’t surprising, Charles...
One of Europe’s most promising markets for renewable energy is being threatened by legislation that would impose new fees and potential jail terms for operators of wind farms, an industry lobby group said. Poland’s governing Law and Justice Party is proposing laws...
Did you know about the man? Sugar Man refers to a fellow in a song sung by Sixto Rodriguez. The documentary about Sixto “Searching for Sugar Man” won an Academy Award in 2013. Kahneman is Daniel Kahneman, 2002 Nobel Prize winner in Economics. His bestselling book...
CHAPTER 28 1970 16th of June I got up at five o'clock in the morning so I could get to work on time. I started to work with Glen McGuigan that day. I was quite excited about my job. We worked on a conveyor. The chain on the conveyor was broken. My boss's name was Kurt...
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have confirmed what many in the energy world already knew: Without government support or high taxes, green energy will never be able to compete with conventional, more reliable power plants. The study, announced...