http://american.com Innovation and its consequences. daily 1 2007-03-29T16:41:19Z http://american.com/archive/2010/march/when-to-doubt-a-scientific-consensus Anyone who has studied the history of science knows that scientists are not immune to the non-rational dynamics of the herd. No publisher Jay Richards science-technology 2010-03-15T21:35:14Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2010/march/what-role-for-geoengineering Any effective climate strategy will have to rely upon a combination of emissions reductions, adaptation, and, if circumstances warrant (as appears likely), some degree of geoengineering. No publisher Samuel Thernstrom science-technology 2010-03-04T20:01:39Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2010/february/the-quiet-energy-revolution How ironic that during the ‘drill, baby, drill’ demonstrations as gasoline prices spiked in 2007 and 2008, a silent revolution with natural gas was already underway that will make those concerns largely irrelevant. No publisher Max Schulz science-technology 2010-02-03T22:28:31Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2010/january/the-green-con-job The U.S. economy is sensitive to high energy prices. An aggressive push toward green power would result in the net loss of millions of jobs. There is a better way forward. No publisher Dustin Chambers and Dan Ervin science-technology 2010-01-12T23:17:45Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/december-2009/supreme-climate-folly The Supreme Court, which jealously guards against any hint of a religious symbol on public property lest it establish a religion, has gone a long way toward making the Earth Cult the official religion of the United States. No publisher James V. DeLong science-technology 2009-12-18T15:13:22Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/december-2009/the-meaning-of-motley-cru It’s time for climate science to clean house. Whatever investigations come of Climategate, they should not stop with the United Kingdom. No publisher Kenneth P. Green science-technology 2009-12-03T15:09:29Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/november/give-thanks-for-this-harvest Nobody but we farmers celebrates a great crop like this one. The rest of America should celebrate, and be grateful for the abundance that agriculture provides. No publisher Blake Hurst science-technology 2009-11-24T23:01:55Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/november/wherefore-art-thou-green-obama Those hoping for a green jolt to the economy must come to grips with three serious misconceptions. No publisher Jon Entine science-technology 2009-11-20T22:28:01Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/november/the-quiet-yet-historic-death-of-the-kyoto-protoco Reading the climate news in recent weeks, one might start to wonder who won the last election. No publisher Samuel Thernstrom science-technology 2009-11-06T14:36:30Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/october/coase-vs-the-neo-progressives Fifty years ago this month a seminal paper challenged the prevailing intellectual orthodoxy on markets, technology, and regulation. We would be wise to revisit it today. No publisher Jeff Eisenach and Adam Thierer economic-policy 2009-10-27T21:22:19Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/october/bleeding-biotech Given all the hopes for medical progress that ride on biotech progress, one might assume that Congress and the administration would seek ways to encourage investment. One would be wrong. No publisher James V. DeLong science-technology 2009-10-23T21:24:55Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/october/the-copenhagen-climate-extortion Going into the Copenhagen climate change summit, the delegates appear to be competing over who can offer the most ambitious and least realistic targets. No publisher Jon Entine science-technology 2009-10-23T02:23:10Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/october/green-revolution-in-the-balance A battle is developing over food security and research into bio-engineered crops is in the crosshairs. No publisher Jon Entine science-technology 2009-10-02T20:43:42Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/september/how-to-think-about-net-neutrality History suggests the best course is not to borrow trouble, as the old phrase goes, but to let the system 'develop itself in its own way,' and act only in response to actual problems. No publisher James V. DeLong science-technology 2009-09-27T14:43:58Z BernArticle http://american.com/archive/2009/august/drake2019s-world On this day 150 years ago—August 27, 1859—Colonel Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, with the world’s first oil well. We should all say a toast of thanks to the man who helped raise the curtain on the modern world. No publisher Max Schulz 2009-08-26T21:52:43Z BernArticle