Acton Institute PowerBlog - Entries from Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Global Warming Consensus Alert

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Welcome to the first edition of the PowerBlog’s GLOBAL WARMING CONSENSUS ALERT, where we highlight examples of the strength and uniformity of the scientific consensus on this important issue, which is of course completely settled due to our exhaustive knowledge of our planet’s atmosphere and climate systems.

In today’s installment, the unsinkable ship of climate consensus sails on:

In recent years some scientists have suggested that human-induced greenhouse warming may be increasing the intensity of Atlantic hurricanes by heating up the sea water from which they draw their energy.

In February a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said it was “more likely than not” that humans contribute to a trend of increasingly intense hurricanes.

But researchers in the new study said increased wind shear could counter the effect of warming waters in the Atlantic.

“The environmental changes found in the study do not suggest a big increase in tropical Atlantic hurricane activity during the 21st century,” said Brian Soden, a co-author of the report.

Hmm. Looks like Al Gore might have to change that iconic movie poster.

Stupid Inconvenient Facts!

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The Duke Case in Review: Justice Prevails, Virtue Interprets

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Anthony Bradley revisits the case of the Duke lacrosse team, and finds that most everyone involved -- including op-ed pundits -- had something to learn from the scandal. “This case reminds us that broken, weak-willed women can easily be taken advantage of and can easily deceive,” he writes. “America was ‘called out’ as a culture more concerned about its kids’ achievements than their moral formation.”

Read the full commentary here.

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Environmental Stewardship News Round-Up

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The following items appear in the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance Newsletter, April 13, 2007:

“ISA Representatives to Be on Coral Ridge Hour”

Several Interfaith Stewardship Alliance colleagues will be guests on The Coral Ridge Hour in “end segments” the weekends of April 21-22, dealing with propaganda on the climate change issue; and April 28-29, dealing with a Biblical view of the environment. ISA national spokesman E. Calvin Beisner and colleagues Dr. Roy Spencer, climatologist at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and Dr. Ken Chilton, director of the Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO, will all be interviewed. Other participants will be climatologist Dr. John Christy and Dr. Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

The program airs on TBN at 7 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. Sundays and is syndicated around the country. Listings are available here.

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Two New PowerBlog Contributors

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

I’m pleased to announce that the Acton Institute PowerBlog has added two new contributors to our cast of cutting-edge commentators.

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, national spokesman for the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, associate professor of historical theology and social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary, and adjunct scholar at the Acton Institute, will be posting some of the annotated comments and links from his periodic Interfaith Stewardship Alliance Newsletter. Dr. Beisner is an author and lecturer on the application of Biblical worldview and theology to economics, government, public policy, and the environment. For online ordering of books by E. Calvin Beisner, go to his website here.

Prof. Anthony B. Bradley is an Acton research fellow and assistant professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. He is completing a doctorate in historical and theological studies at Westminster Theological Seminary and holds an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary. Prof. Bradley will be lecturing at this year’s Acton University, and is a frequent author of Acton Commentary articles, including one posted today, “The Duke Case in Review: Justice Prevails, Virtue Interprets,” a follow-up to his “Wanted: A Duke Lacrosse Team Hero,” from April of 2006.

You can continue to look forward to posts from these and other PowerBloggers on topics like environmental stewardship, business and culture, and theology and ethics.

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