Alaska’s cruise ship head tax

A couple of recent articles in the Juneau Empire and Bradner’s Economic Digest have pointed out that Alaskans may be losing cruise ship business as a result of a head tax instituted a couple of years ago.  Of course, opinions differ, but we need to look at the qualifications and  ability (or inability) of each [...]

Aliens Caused Global Warming

Scientist and science fiction author Michael Crichton passed away last week at the age of 66.  In addition to his fiction works, Crichton lectured about science and was disturbed by the corruption of science that has led to such mainstream media scares as global warming and second-hand smoke. Thanks to Sean at his blog, “Everything [...]

Environmental Science and Hired Guns

Maybe it’s time for some common sense…