Politicians sometimes rush to propose a blanket ban of something because a few people abuse it.

We agree with at least a part of this analysis. That people are just happier when there’s some economic growth.

It’s true that the animals we eat are unlikely to go extinct because we eat them, but it’s only part of the story.

We will bet - heavily and offer odds - that every uncomfortable truth will be ignored.

Based on shrewd observation of likely weather patterns and early budding of snowdrops and Indian maize, Madsen has been able to describe the events of 2026 as they actually happened.

It seems odd to us that we’ve got to point this out to an actual adult

Scientists at University of California, Davis have used gene-editing (via CRISPR) to alter wheat so that it produces more of a naturally occurring compound, a flavone called apigenin

To return, as with the dog to his reworked breakfast, to a favourite point of ours.

The Guardian reports on how children are living on the rubbish dumps in Argentina.

Yet all governments in the past century have wished for faster growth and have still found the need for regional assistance.

Preston Byrne, a Legal Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, who does our legal representation in the US, is proposing the GRANITE Act (Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny & Extortion).

Given that they did actually award the Nobel to Bill Nordhaus specifically for his work on climate change it’s nice to see some fraction of our ruling class catch up.