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Climate-Change Discussion -- By: Jim Manzi

You may (or may not) have noticed my almost total lack of blogging over the past few months. I have been devoting all of my time available for writing to my book. I did, however, do a bloggingheads discussion over the weekend with David Orr, an ...

From JIM MANZI, The Corner,  9 Nov 2009

Climate Change Discussion

You may (or may not) have noticed my almost total lack of blogging over the past few months. I have been devoting all of my time available for writing to my book. I did, however, do a bloggingheads discussion over the weekend with David Orr, an ...

From JIM MANZI, The American Scene,  9 Nov 2009

Whistling Past the Graveyard -- By: Jim Manzi

The improvement in sentiment in Wall Street may be traced almost directly to the encouraging reports which the financial community is receiving from the leading industries of the country, according to investment trust executives.  They say that the ...

From JIM MANZI, The Corner,  20 Oct 2009

Whistling Past the Graveyard

The improvement in sentiment in Wall Street may be traced almost directly to the encouraging reports which the financial community is receiving from the leading industries of the country, according to investment trust executives. They say that the ...

From JIM MANZI, The American Scene,  20 Oct 2009

Paul Krugman. Pot. Kettle. Black. -- By: Jim Manzi

Paul Krugman has argued in his most recent New York Times column that opponents of the Waxman-Markey energy and environment bill (a.k.a. the “cap-and-trade” bill) are dishonest when they argue that it would be expensive to implement.  He starts with ...

From JIM MANZI, The Corner,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Paul Krugman,  Congressional Budget Office

Paul Krugman. Pot. Kettle. Black.

Paul Krugman has argued in his most recent New York Times column that opponents of the Waxman-Markey energy and environment bill (a.k.a. the “cap-and-trade” bill) are dishonest when they argue that it would be expensive to implement. He starts with ...

From JIM MANZI, The American Scene,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Paul Krugman,  Congressional Budget Office

Talk vs. Action -- By: Jim Manzi

David Brooks is unequalled as an observer of middle-class American social mores. He has a truly great column this week on the contemporary American culture of braggadocio. He contrasts the tone of American reaction to victory in WWII with our current ...

From JIM MANZI, The Corner,  17 Sep 2009

Related Topics: David Brooks,  Ernie Pyle

Talk vs. Action

David Brooks is unequalled as an observer of middle-class American social mores. He has a truly great column this week on the contemporary American culture of braggadocio. He contrasts the tone of American reaction to victory in WWII with our current ...

From JIM MANZI, The American Scene,  17 Sep 2009

Related Topics: David Brooks,  Ernie Pyle

Does Accepting Darwin Require Atheism? -- By: Jim Manzi

Lots of scientists say yes (or more precisely, that evolution forces you either to retreat to pure mysticism or a conception of God that is so abstract as to be functional atheism), but I'm pretty sure the answer is no. While guest-blogging for Andrew ...

From JIM MANZI, The Corner,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Sullivan,  Charles Darwin

Does Evolution Preclude Teleology?

Noah, as always, has provided excellent commentary that tends to push a discussion toward clarity. I’ll try to respond within the structure that he’s laid out. First, I am making a fact claim. My fact claim is this: The findings of the modern synthesis ...

From JIM MANZI, The American Scene,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Charles Darwin

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