Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Climate and Weather

  • Global Warming: Questions That Need Distinguishing

    My posting of the graphic to the left indicates that I am a skeptic about global warming (GW).  To be precise, I am skeptical about some, not all, of the claims made by the GW activists.  See below for some necessary distinctions. Skepticism is good.  Doubt is the engine of inquiry and a key partner…

  • An Egyptian View of Obama

    This may well be a spoof, but a spoof can convey the truth.  According to the PoMo Prez, "Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security."  The commentators rack their brains for an explanation of this bizarre claim.  Is Obama insane?  Is he on drugs?  Is it because he's an Affirmative Action hire?

  • Stop Whining, Bostonians: The Great Blizzard of ’78 was Worse

    I was there. The Great Blizzard of '78 Remembered That it was worse. That the NYT's alarmist predictions of no snow are risible given how much of the stuff is visible. By the way, I loved my years in Boston-Cambridge.  Boston was my Mecca, the hub of the universe.  But I was a young guy,…