An Inconvenient Truth: Liberal Climate Inquisition Can’t Explain Past Temperature Changes

(Hat tip: KimR) - In the week prior to the administration signing what should constitute an international climate treaty, one think tank, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, was subpoenaed for casting doubt on the agreement’s associated science of climate catastrophe. Read more at CNS News Read More......

The Left Rejects Painful Truths: Left-Right Differences, Part IV

Dennis Prager - Here's a difference between Left and Right that is rarely noted despite the fact that it is at least as important as any other and even explains many of the other differences. --At the core of left-wing thought is a rejection of painful realities, the rejection of what the French call les faits de la vie: the facts of life. Conservatives, on the other hand, are all too aware of these painful realities of life and base many of their positions on them.

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You Will Not Like Cuba: Media Hype Sells Product That Does Not Exist

During the early days after the fall of the Berlin Wall, several national media outlets in the United States published articles referring to East Germany as “the most advanced of the Eastern European economies,” vaunting its bright future after communism as the country, we were told, possessed “advanced industries” in optics and a highly productive workforce. Soon afterwards it became clear that the authors of these articles had foolishly believed the lies spread by Communist East Germany’s vaunted propaganda machine.

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Townhall: Ukraine Illustrates Hard Truths Liberals Won’t Face

By Kurt Schlichter
It’s a safe bet that the next smug liberal dork you hear repeating the cheesy cliché about how “Reality has a liberal bias” doesn’t live in Ukraine. ✧ The key to understanding liberals is realizing that they are immune to argument. The concept underlying the idea of a debate is that facts and reasoning can lead one to change his previous conclusions. But liberals begin with their conclusions; facts and reasoning that may undermine the preexisting conclusion must be at least ignored, if not actively attacked. This is why you see liberals shouting about jailing global warming deniers as blizzards rage outside. Read more at Townhall.com...

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Tracking Gov. Kitzhaber's campaign promises

OREGONLIVE.COM, 1/8/2011 by Ryan Kost, The Oregonian - During the campaign for governor, John Kitzhaber made more than a couple promises to the voters. By our count, he made at least 34 of them. Over the next four years, PolitiFact Oregon reporters will be tracking whether he keeps those promises. Read more at Oregonlive... Read More......