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The Blessing of Fossil Fuels, part 3: The 97 Percent Fabrication

Published on November 15, 2020 By sirrahc

Concluding our impromptu series of citations from Alex Epstein’s book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014), this week’s post addresses a commonly heard claim by environmental activist-types that has resulted from compounded misrepresentations of actual scientific research. Mr. Epstein, if you will… “This brings us to the oft-cited comment that 97 percent of climate […]

The Vindication of Gen. Michael Flynn

Published on May 3, 2020 By sirrahc

“What happened to General Michael Flynn, a war hero, should never be allowed to happen to a citizen of the United States again!” — President Trump You may recall that Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn was forced into early retirement by President Obama in 2014. He joined the Trump presidential campaign in early 2016 and […]

Cancel Culture Targets ID in Poland

Published on March 8, 2020 By sirrahc

Have you ever heard of Fundacja En Arche (i.e., the Origins Foundation) in Poland? They are much like a young Discovery Institute, in that they deal with Darwinism, intelligent design, and the relevant scientific and philosophical issues. A lot of what they do is translate ID-friendly books (e.g., Darwin on Trial, Darwin’s Black Box, Signature […]

Censorship of Politically Incorrect Science

Published on September 9, 2018 By sirrahc

“In all my years in academia, I have never once seen a comparable reaction from a journal within days of publishing a paper that the journal already had subjected to peer review, accepted and published. One can only assume that the response was in large measure due to the intense lobbying the journal received, and […]