There’s no such thing. You can go to the Constitution, go to First Amendment, and freedom of religion is the first thing that’s mentioned. And it just says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” That seals us against the fear of a state church. That’s it. “Congress shall make no law […]

Journalists have warned of climate change for 100 years, but can’t decide weather we face an ice age or warming “It was five years before the turn of the century and major media were warning of disastrous climate change. Page six of The New York Times was headlined with the serious concerns of ‘geologists.’ Only […]

During the last 10 million years, Earth has had 10 major ice ages and numerous smaller glaciations such as the recent Little Ice Age. Each major ice age has been followed by a warm period of about 10,000 years. We’re in a warm period now—more specifically, we’re at the end of one. Should we expect […]

“You think man can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity! Let me tell you about our planet. Earth is four-and-a-half-billion-years-old. There’s been life on it for nearly that long, 3.8 billion years. Bacteria first; later the first multicellular life, then the first complex creatures in the sea, on the land. Then finally the great sweeping […]

September 13, 2007 Child’s Play In Iraq By Michael J. O’Shea “I am reminded of the time I saw my 3-year-old daughter trying and failing to tie her shoes. She got angry. Still, she kept trying. “‘This is difficult,’ she concluded. ‘But I like difficult.’” A child grittier than Congressional leaders, spunkier than people twenty […]