People who disagree with my political perspective sometimes tell me, “You shouldn’t comment on social or political matters. That’s not appropriate for a mental health professional.” The people who say this are always liberals, and never non-liberals, i.e. never libertarians, Objectivists, conservatives or anything like that. (Proving my point, once again, that most liberals simply [...]
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Vaccines: Hygiene, Sanitation, Immunization, and Pestilential Diseases (Part 2 of 2)
Miguel Faria, Jr., MD (2011.08.28 ) Science
Vaccines — Kill or Cure? As the controversial debate over mandatory vaccine policy heats up igniting passions, it is perhaps appropriate we summarize what is known about the manifest benefits of modern vaccines, not forgetting the tremendously salutary impact on health and longevity wrought about by better living conditions, hygiene and sanitation, in general, and [...]
What The "Green" in the Green Movement Stands For
Michael J Hurd (2011.07.08 ) Environment
The U.N. has proposed that $2 trillion per year be provided to them to ensure the development of “green technologies” over the next 40 years. Failure to let the U.N. do this, according to them, will result in the end of the world as we know it. “Green” technologies refer to renewable sources of energy [...]
Fairness Doctrine for the Internet? It Could Be Coming…
Michael J Hurd (2011.04.13 ) Politics, Technology
Have you forgotten about Obama’s attempt to control the Internet — in Orwellian doublespeak known as “Net Neutrality”? Well, the Republican House of Representatives (to their credit) has not forgotten. Two days before Christmas, the FCC issued “net neutrality” rules on a partisan 3-2 vote that restrict how Internet service providers like Comcast and [...]
The Symptoms of Nuclear Hysteria
John Downs (2011.04.13 ) Energy, Investing
Imagine you invented a machine that revolutionized travel. You know your invention could cut local and long distance travel time substantially and vastly improve the ability for business to deliver freight efficiently. The invention would add trillions to global GDP. If released, your invention would no doubt be universally used and admired. However, based on [...]
Green Energy Fantasy
Keith Lockitch (2011.04.05 ) Environment
Will a green energy industry be an engine of economic growth? Many want us to think so, including [President Obama]. Apparently a booming green economy with millions of new jobs is just around the corner. All we need is the right mix of government “incentives.” These include a huge (de facto) tax on carbon emissions [...]
The Real Meaning of Earth Hour
Keith Lockitch (2011.03.25 ) Environment
On Saturday, March 28, cities around the world will turn off their lights to observe “Earth Hour.” Iconic landmarks from the Sydney Opera House to Manhattan’s skyscrapers will be darkened to encourage reduced energy use and signal a commitment to fighting climate change. While a one-hour blackout will admittedly have little effect on carbon emissions, [...]
Net Neutrality: Obamacare for the Internet
Michael J Hurd (2010.12.23 ) Healthcare, Politics, Technology
In case you haven’t heard, Obama’s FCC has passed new rules requiring private companies who provide Internet services to submit to control under the government. What will government’s rules be? Those are yet to be determined. But the government alone will decide what those rules are, how they are to be implemented, and to whom [...]
Religion Turns Green
Michael J Hurd (2010.11.17 ) Environment
It’s remarkable how you can do more and more things online. Paying bills, for example, can be “paperless.” With the stroke of a few computer keys, you can pay all your bills without the use of mail, paper or pens. The self-consciously “green” love to brag about how they’re going paperless. But what made this [...]
A Free Market in Water
Brian Phillips (2010.06.24 ) Environment
Houston–where I live–has been under a severe drought. This year, we have received about one-third of our normal rainfall. In response, the city has enacted water rationing and citizens will be fined if they violate the restrictions. At the same time, the city reports that it has about six hundred leaks in water mains, a [...]