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Senators Should Know the Truth about Global Warming

H. Leighton Steward Recently almost 30 Democratic United States Senators stayed up all night taking turns delivering speeches about the importance of climate change and getting lowering the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere. The event was organized to try and raise public visibility of the issue in hopes of forcing Congress to pass legislation […] Continue reading →

Six Reasons Man-made Climate Change Alarmists Lose Credibility

Does climate change exist? Sure. On an elementary level, there was once an ice age and today there is not. So obviously, the climate changes. The deeper question is how much of an impact human interaction with the planet contributes to changes in the environment compared to natural forces, such as solar flares from the […] Continue reading →

Republican NYC mayoral hopefuls spar over police

A debate featuring the Republican candidates in the New York City mayor’s race has been punctuated by testy exchanges. Joe Lhota (LOH’-tuh) and John Catsimatidis (kat-sih-mah-TEE’-dihz) snapped at each other Wednesday over funding for Catsimatidis’ plan to put police officers in high-crime public-housing buildings. Lhota exclaimed “don’t make up numbers” to Catsimatidis. When Catsimatidis disputed […] Continue reading →

Rand Paul hits back at Christie over surveillance

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is hitting back at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the two Republicans’ ongoing spat over national security. Christie last weak criticized Paul’s opposition to warrantless federal surveillance programs as harming efforts to prevent terrorism. Paul was at a fundraiser outside Nashville on Sunday. He argued Christie’s position hurts GOP chances […] Continue reading →

Tropical Storm “Barry” bears down on Mexico’s coast

Tropical Storm Barry approached very close to Mexico’s Gulf Coast on Thursday as civil defense workers readied emergency shelters and forecasters warned heavy rains could trigger potentially deadly flash floods or mudslides. The second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season packed sustained 45-mph (75-kph) winds that were already being felt as the storm pushed […] Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coast

MIAMI (AP) — Heavy rain was pouring across much of Florida early Thursday as the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed toward the state’s western coast and a new tropical storm warning was issued for a swath of the U.S. East Coast. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for a large section […] Continue reading →

Understanding Economics

Here’s a question: If there’s a disaster, a war, a severe drought or some other calamity that restricts future supplies of a commodity — such as oil, coffee or corn — what is the intelligent thing for people to do right away? If you said “use less now and try to produce more,” you’d be […] Continue reading →

Mayor: �Absolutely Prepared To Call Off� GOP Convention If Isaac Threatens Tampa

Tampa�s mayor warns that the Republican National Convention could be canceled if Tropical Storm Isaac heads for the city. Mayor Bob Buckhorn told CNN that he is more concerned about the safety of his people than holding the convention. �Absolutely we�re prepared to call it off, Continue reading →