Ian's News Links

With Democrats like these, who needs GOP?

If you needed proof of the political class' abiding support of the ruling class over the working class, look no further than the purportedly left-leaning blue state of Maryland, with a ...

Mar 31

How British Columbia Enacted the Most Effective Carbon Tax in North America

Suppose that you live in Vancouver and you drive a car to work. Naturally, you have to get gas regularly. When you stop at the pump, you may see a notice like the one below, explaining that part of

Mar 31

Science alone can't save us, says famous climate scientist (gulp)

Last week, I sounded off in response to a new climate change report released by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The New York Times called the report a "sharper, clearer, and

Mar 31

The sharing economy is thriving in Berlin's "borrowing shops"

Nikolai Wolfert wasn't the only one who was bummed after the Berlin Green Party's loss in 2011, but he channeled his disappointment in a pretty unique way: opening a lending library for everything ...

Mar 31

California's sevenfold increase in autism cannot be explained by changes in doctors' diagnoses and most likely is due to environmental exposures, University of California scientists reported ...

Mar 31

Millennials Don't Care About Owning Cars, And Car Makers Can't Figure Out Why

Auto manufacturers today are scratching their heads, trying to figure out why the millennial generation has little-to-no interest in owning a car. What car makers are failing to see is that this ...

Mar 31

Overwhelming Evidence that Half of America is In or Near Poverty

The Charles Koch Foundation recently released a commercial that ranked a near-poverty-level $34,000 family among the Top 1% of poor people in the world. Bud Konheim, CEO and co-founder of fashion ...

Mar 31

Violence against U.S. homeless on the rise | Al Jazeera America

Despite a decrease in the U.S. homeless population, new research by an advocacy group for the homeless indicates an alarming increase in violent crimes targeting those living on the streets. In ...

Mar 31

Waves of Nationwide Actions Planned at Key Historic Moment

"Every wave on the ocean that has ever risen up and refused to lay back down has been dashed on the shore, but it is the very purpose of a wave to rise up, because once it rises up above the horizon

Mar 26

Chesapeake Citizens: Re-dreaming Our Watershed