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Tom Palmer, Tyler Cowen, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, and Eazy-E

No, I’m not angling for Google hits. This EPJ post really does involve all of the above. What’s the connection with Eazy-E? Simple. When I read Wenzel’s post I thought of a song that I discarded when I realized I didn’t want my young son ever stumbling on my CDs from college.

Yet More Climategate

I am starting to run out of steam on this issue, but really, I am only posting stuff that increases my shock at just how much these guys were doing to hide their data and techniques. If you have 15 minutes and the interest, I strongly recommend this now-famous blog post by the amateur guy […]

Climategate Repercussions: Head of CRU, Phil Jones, Steps Down Pending Investigation

Story here. (HT2 WUWT) LONDON — Britain’s University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change. The university says Phil Jones will relinquish his position until the completion of an independent review into allegations […]

Potpourri

* Gold broke $1,200. * Larry Kudlow’s open letter to Tiger Woods. (Yes, he goes there.) * Wesbury and Stein on anti-Obama-stimulus hypocrites. * A fantastic Richard Lindzen op ed. Sometimes I think the climate change skeptics I respect the most don’t make their strongest points in a pop forum. But this one is out […]

Tyler Cowen Never Fails to Disappoint: His Evolving Views on Climategate

For those of you who don’t know, Tyler Cowen is an economics professor at George Mason University. When I realized he had a popular blog, I was very excited because GMU students (whom I liked) had told me, “Tyler is the smartest libertarian alive” and things of that nature. So I was preparing to be […]

Gold Flirting With $1,200

Can it do it? Yes it can! (My son has been watching Bob the Builder lately.)

Clarification on Climategate

If you want to follow this stuff on the cutting edge, the site to visit is ClimateAudit, which is run by Steve McIntyre, the intrepid outsider who caught Mann with his pants down on the “hockey stick” graph. (Actually ClimateAudit is overwhelmed right now with new visitors because of Climategate, and so McIntyre is placing […]

Two Honest Opponents on Climate Alarmism

Part of why I am skeptical of some of the loudest proponents of large-scale government intervention to fight climate change is that, even on their own terms, the suggested remedies won’t stave off disaster. However, a few of the people on the other side of this issue seem very sincere to me. I still disagree […]