Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

“THROUGHOUT HISTORY, POVERTY IS THE NORMAL CONDITION OF MAN. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as ‘bad luck.'” –ROBERT HEINLEIN.

SHOCKING NEWS:

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

I HAD A POST ON THIS A FEW DAYS AGO BUT IT’S WORTH REPEATING: Scientists Discover Climate Change May Have Stopped Earth’s Next Ice Age.

As I mentioned in other posts, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes’s Fallen Angels takes place in a world where the Greens got their way, carbon emissions were slashed, and an ice age ensued. Naturally the Greens’ response is to double down.

“DES MOINES MAN:”