Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner
The time price of air conditioning has fallen 98.6 per cent since 1952. That ordinary luxury saves lives every summer.
History
British Falkland Islanders Are Called ‘Artificial’
So says a country that massacred its indigenous population.
The House of Temperance
We increasingly lack in public life a true sense of honour among those who are meant to serve us, not rule over us. There is nothing sober about a government that allows itself to become deformed through the tendency to tyrannical rule.
Study Debunks Claims of ‘Worsening Extreme Rainfall’
The posts come as Wishart continues High Court proceedings against TVNZ, TV3, RNZ and the Broadcasting Standards Authority over what he alleges is inaccurate and misleading reporting on climate change and extreme weather.
The Unexpected Afterlife of Private Wealth
Private fortunes outlive their owners. The gardens, architecture, ideas, and institutions they finance often become part of the public inheritance.
Tesla and Edison: The Feud That Wasn’t
Sorry, techbros: your Manichean fantasy just ain’t so.
Please, Show Us the Manuscript
Matariki, an unpublished manuscript and the abandonment of “peer review”.
The Myth of Government Science
Time and again, private enterprise and competition deliver results while government scientists simply collect grants.
If Socialism Was Going to Work, This Would Have Been It
A wealthy backer, a boatload of intellectuals and a clean slate – it still failed.
How China Just Overtook the US, Again
The difference in priorities between China and the West could not be more obvious.
