Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 74
April 19, 2015
Who killed broadcast TV?
Broadcast television’s forecast demise may be the result of government experts thinking they know better than the rest of us.
April 18, 2015
Comparing our Iran negotiations to our Soviet negotiations
Natan Sharansky asks, "When did America forget that it’s America?” He is basically pointing out the same thing I did: that we are not defining civilization as better than barbarism.
April 17, 2015
Prove global warming
“In fact, I have thought about what it would take to convince me of global warming is real. And it’s pretty clear that Bailey has not thought about it… He’s thought a lot about the various scientific claims made by those who insist global warming is a man-made catastrophe. But he has not thought about how those claims add up or how they would have to add up to be convincing. All Bailey’s piece amounts to is: here is a long list of factual claims that seem to support the global warming scare; how high do I have to pile up these claims before you are convinced?
“There is no sense that the proof of global warming has to proceed according to some systematic method, requiring it to clear specific hurdles at specific stages. Which betrays an unscientific way of thinking.”
“There is no sense that the proof of global warming has to proceed according to some systematic method, requiring it to clear specific hurdles at specific stages. Which betrays an unscientific way of thinking.”
What It Would Take to Prove Global Warming
“In fact, I have thought about what it would take to convince me of global warming is real. And it’s pretty clear that Bailey has not thought about it… He’s thought a lot about the various scientific claims made by those who insist global warming is a man-made catastrophe. But he has not thought about how those claims add up or how they would have to add up to be convincing. All Bailey’s piece amounts to is: here is a long list of factual claims that seem to support the global warming scare; how high do I have to pile up these claims before you are convinced?
“There is no sense that the proof of global warming has to proceed according to some systematic method, requiring it to clear specific hurdles at specific stages. Which betrays an unscientific way of thinking.”
“There is no sense that the proof of global warming has to proceed according to some systematic method, requiring it to clear specific hurdles at specific stages. Which betrays an unscientific way of thinking.”
April 16, 2015
How to make life easier for car thieves
Petition for exemption from parts-making requirement 49 CFR part 543, required antitheft devices as standard equipment.
April 6, 2015
Dr. Kookie, You’re Right!
Mike Royko’s final collection of essays, from the second half of the eighties, highlights his bias as much as his great writing.
April 2, 2015
Omni’s Jobs of the Future from 1985
What Omni’s popular science writers saw as the jobs of tomorrow thirty years ago.
March 30, 2015
Bring the House closer to the voters
The point of the House is that it is supposed to be close to the voters.
March 25, 2015
Income tax vs. national sales tax
There is no such thing as a fair tax. All we can do is try for the simplest, most unobstructive tax we can find.
March 6, 2015
Othering reduced spending
Reducing spending to match revenue is less of an answer than pretending the problem doesn’t exist.
