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Carbon dioxide is not, has not been, and never will be, a green-house gas. The green-house effect takes place eight to twelve miles high in the troposphere. Carbon dioxide is one-and-a-half times heavier than oxygen and travels along the ground.

The ultimate universal truth is reality. Reality exists for everyone, everywhere at all times. This is the truth. All other "truths" should be judged by this standard. Is murder universally wrong? Is murder real? If so, then it is universal. Is murder desirable? No. Then murder is wrong. Universally wrong. - You're welcome

As I was listening to the radio I heard a caller express concern about the use of the word "fair" instead of the word "right". Ayn Rand was correct about a lot of things. And one of those things is the use of words as anti-concepts. In this case the anti-concept is the word "fair". The Anti-concept fair is designed to obliterate the concept "right". If one is subjectivistic and pretends that reality doesn't exist and therefore that nothing can be known with certainty and therefore there are no universal rights and wrongs then one cannot use the words "right" and "wrong" if one wishes to remain consistent. - You're welcome

Television news companies used to be non-profit. They provided news to the people as a public service. Because of this, news organizations valued their integrity and credibility. Today the value is profit. - You're welcome

American counter culture has for decades promoted a materialistic outlook. More specifically, the theory that nothing exists except that which one can feel. Gary McNamara of red eye radio has said that the majority of Americans don't care about the national debt. Further, that Americans don't want to deal with the debt because they love the programs promoted by the political parties. Mr. McNamara is wrong. The reason that Americans turn a blind eye to the mounting national debt is because the materialistic have successfully promoted the fiction that the debt is merely a concept and doesn't really exist. - You're welcome

"You should treat everyone the same". It's a refrain I hear constantly. But taking the equality "mandate" to its logical extreme what happens to respect? Why should a student respect a teacher? Why should a younger person treat a senior with respect? Why should a subordinate treat a supervisor with any respect? Everyone should be treated equally? Obviously not! - You're welcome.

Impeachment is a trial not necessarily a conviction. President Clinton was impeached but found not guilty. - You're welcome

The murders at Ft. Hood put the lie to the statement that America is awash in guns. - You're welcome

I'm currently taking a course from The Teaching Company about how to be the most rational person in the room. The course focuses on rhetoric, debate and argumentation. What's really interesting about the course so far is the use of studies by the professor to make his points. The studies are psychologically intimidating but of little or no intellectual value. Their value is limited because of the small sample sizes. You're welcome.

There are only two qualifications to run for President of the United States:  Be over 35 years old and be born in the USA.  Everything else about presidential elections is irrational.

The socio/political movement known popularly as "environmentalism" is based on at least two faulty foundations:  The epistemological error called "skepticism" and the metaphysical error called "the environment". There is no such thing as "the environment".  Everything is property.  "Public" property or "private" property. The skeptical pretend that nothing can be known with certainty.  That statement however, is self-negating. "Environmentalism" is a conceit.  It is intellectually vacant and unworthy of any serious discussion.  You're welcome.