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The Showman’s Courtship: Guest Post By Artemus Ward

Artemus Ward, who wrote this piece circa 1858, was a showman and writer who toured these great United States with his artistic exhibition, which consisted of "three moral Bares, a…

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The Myth Of Killer Mercury: Guest Post By Willie Soon & Paul Driessen

Willie Soon has graciously allowed us to reprint his and Paul Driessen's editorial that ran in the 25 May 2011 Wall Street Journal. Dr Soon received double our normal rate…

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The Impossibility Of Minimizing Your Environmental “Impact”

I like the word impact, especially in sentences of the type, "The missile impacted on the insurgents' hideout, killing all inside." But it leaves me cold and vaguely homicidal to…

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Wisconsin Election Statistics

Much is being made of the election between Republican State Supreme Court Justice Prosser and Democrat Kloppenburg. On election night a quick count of votes was made and released immediately…

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Climate Science And Significance: Wall Street Journal Takes On Statistics

Coin Flips and Dice Rolls Doug Keenan has a must-read piece in the Wall Street Journal on the time series analysis of global temperature (Thanks to Randy, Roger, and John…

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Dear English Rioter

Dear English Rioter, I suppose it wasn't hard to learn how to fill light bulbs with ammonia (nasty stuff). But how did you bring yourself to throw that first one…

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E-book Update: Libraries, Notes, Price

The Lady Tasting Tea will continue Sunday; posting anything meaty on the weekend produces low readership. Libraries According to Julie Bosman, many publishers are now only renting ebooks to libraries.…

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Stock Tomato Seeds! Global Warming Is Coming!

It must be a joke. The punchline is surely coming. Ha, ha! Hoarding tomato seeds! Bars on his basement windows! Hilarious! This guy really nails nuttiness. He'll shame a few…

Stosh from the Sticks on At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?October 21, 2025
In my (moderately) humble opinion, much of difficulty in dealing with this "transgender" phenomenon is caused by folks conflating a…
C-Marie on At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?October 21, 2025
"...being born wrong” Has anyone asked what being born has to do with one's sexuality??? "A zygote forms when sperm…
Cary Cotterman on At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?October 21, 2025
Jeff, I used to listen to Dennis Prager quite a bit, and I've heard him condemn pornography at length several…
Cary Cotterman on At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?October 21, 2025
As far back as I can remember, to around late toddlerhood, I was always drawn to girls, even long before…
JerryR on At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?October 21, 2025
I have a question: what does it mean to be conservative? I always considered conservative to be truth. So what…