2071 and Counting

I have a review of Chris Rapley's "play", 2071, over at Breitbart London. The latest development in the green colonisation of the cultural sphere is the planet-saving stage play. This year, the Royal Court Theatre commissioned Duncan Macmillian and Chris Rapley to...

Lewandowsky's Logic

It's Lewandowsky time, again. 'Are you a poor logician? Logically, you might never know', he observes with Richard Pancost over at the Conversation Nonversation. More about that logic shortly... At the Nonversation, of course, comments from Lewandowsky's critics have...

Why Environmental Correspondents Trip Over Themselves

One of the things I've tried to point out here is the emptiness of the categories and concepts that dominate reporting on the climate debate. In particular, the notion of 'consensus' has become so entirely divorced from its substance that those who invoke it often...

The Daddy State

Here's my talk from the recent Battle of Ideas festival session -- Kindergarten culture: why does government treat us like children? -- which some readers may find interesting. Some context: it begins with a reference to the proposal to ban smoking in public parks in...