Robber Lords and the Marketplace of Bad Ideas

I watched the entire debate -- if it was a debate -- on the Government's Energy Market Reform Bill (EMR) in the House of Lords today. For a chamber that is populated by people who are appointed on the basis of merit, replacing the feudal system, it was a very...

The pathologising of climate scepticism

ESSAY: The shoddy science of sceptic-bashing LOG12 attempts to turn criticism into a psychological illness. As the influence of environmental thinking has increased its hold over the political establishment, the failure to win the public support that might create the...