The Link Between Tobacco And Climate Change

For years, tobacco industry giants denied the correlation between cancer and cigarette smoking–and they paid enough scientists off to convince the public for quite some time. Fast forward to the 2000s, and the debate is now centered upon the relationship between human fossil fuel use and consumption and its effects on our climate. The similarities are uncanny. As Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”

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Somalia: The Tea Party’s Nirvana

Better In Somalia

No laws. No oppressive government yoke. No hospitals, social services or system of property, either. Says one Somali driver in Mogadishu, “Your car is your car until it is stolen. That is the law in this country.” Perfect, right?

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Hillary Clinton On Reproductive Rights

Nailed it.

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The “Entitled” Poor

Entitlement

Yeah. The poor are really fortunate, and Paul Ryan is more or less a pinstriped Pope Francis.

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Climate 101 With Bill Nye

Alas, if facts meant anything anymore anthropogenic climate change deniers would have invested in them long ago.

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