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Climategate Summary and Update

Jonathan Witt


Posted by Jonathan Witt
on Wednesday, December 9, 2009

If you’re looking to catch up on the Climategate scandal, one of our interviewees from The Effective Stewardship DVD church curriculum, Steven Hayward, has an excellent summary and analysis here at The Weekly Standard.

Also, our friend Jay Richards has a good piece at today’s Enterprise Blog, which explains why attempts to settle the global warming debate by appeals to scientific consensus merely increase public skepticism.

And looking ahead, Paul Mirengoff of Powerline explains why the global warming lobby won’t need Congress in order to heavily regulate our economy’s energy sector. Hint: Oligarchy of Five

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  • We stopped being even a republic, let alone a democracy, when the Supreme Court decided to dictate policy with the Roe V Wade decision.

    Roger McKinney
    December 10, 2009
    5:54 pm

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