"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by Lindsay Beyerstein The tiny nation of Tuvalu has taken center stage in Copenhagen. "I woke up this morning crying, and that's not easy for a grown man to admit," Tuvalu's chief climate negotiator, Ian Fry, told hundreds of delegates in the Bella Center in Copenhagen on Saturday. "The fate of my country rests in … Read more
by publius The military is increasingly worried about the national security threats posed by climate change. The million dollar question, then, is whether these concerns will persuade skeptical, and/or industry-purchased, legislators to get behind bills like Waxman-Markey. The short answer is who knows. But there's an interesting parallel here, I think, with the early civil … Read more
by publius There's an old Seinfeld episode where George gets caught peeing in the shower at the gym, and is then ostracized for it. Turns out, he (like Al Gore) was just years ahead of his time. Peeing in the shower, it seems, is the latest . . . green . . . fad. Via … Read more
by publius I'm not entirely sure why the Post keeps allowing George Will to write about climate change. It's one thing to have different opinions — that's fine. But it's quite another to write demonstrably false factual statements again and again. Will's basic argument seems to be that the United States shouldn't do anything about … Read more
by publius Many things annoy me about the calls to "slow down" on health care coverage. But what most annoys me is the idea that we should wait for a "bipartisan" result, as the latest letter from the "Gang of Moderates Protecting Really Rich People" suggests. In the abstract, these requests sound reasonable. But these … Read more