Solar, Powered By Taxes

December 4, 2009

In the past two weeks, thousands of emails liberated from the computer systems of East Anglia University have begun to throw cold water on global warming claims.  That has done nothing, however, to dampen enthusiasm for green projects in my hometown of Andover, MA.
The lead story in the December 3 Andover Townsman, “Solar Power Heats [...]

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The acceptable conservative: a definition

November 30, 2009

“A conservative, in the best sense, sees the world and its inhabitants as an interdependent organism, comprising innumerable local communities and territories, each adapting to particular conditions.  A conservative is someone who goes with the grain of humanity and the nature of the physical world, rather than trying to regiment and fashion a utopia though [...]

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Dipping my toe (gingerly) into the blogosphere.

November 29, 2009

I’ve been thinking about blogging for a long time now.  But like many would-be bloggers, my urge for self-expression kept running into My Better Judgment (MBJ) and there it would end.  MBJ thinks that I may offend someone.  Or lose my job.  Or, God forbid, spell something wrong.
But the damn urge hasn’t gone away.  If [...]

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