Danish Plan

Think globally, and fry locally

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Heh. According to a paper published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Climate Change, windmills can cause global warming...

Fight terrorism by creating a gas glut

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Coal is a hydrocarbon that, to the profound annoyance of a lot of people, sustains civilization as we know it. It’s mainly used to generate electricity, and nearly half the electricity used in the U.S. comes from coal-fired power plants. Another 20 percent comes from...

A modest proposal for cleaning up the mess in Washington

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I have a modest proposal for cleaning up the mess in Washington...

Turn Syria’s refugees into a liberation army

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Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Obama’s pal Rahm Emmanuel once famously remarked, adding that what he meant by that was “it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before...

The coming lithium wars: what we know

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We all know that we have only a mere 11 years to save the planet from the global warming apocalypse. We know this because...

The eagle has landed — with extreme prejudice

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Wind turbines have killed at least 67 eagles in the last five years, and probably a lot more, according to a report issued last September by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists...

Colorado should quit punishing pot users

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There are at least two groups that intend to put marijuana legalization initiatives on the Colorado ballot in 2012, but neither has as of yet put forward an actual proposal. Here’s mine...

The March for Science and the missing protest sign

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Whatever else last weekend’s marches for science accomplished, they produced some of the best protest signs in years. (My favorite for sheer comedic creativity...

It’s just like the sanctuary city movement, only with live ammunition

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Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it. Good and hard. Remember the sanctuary city movement, the strategy the Resistance (or the Democratic...

Total elapsed time: 80 seconds

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On Dec. 13, Karl Halverson Pierson, a disgruntled student, entered Arapahoe High School in Littleton in a murderous frame of mind...

Nixon explains the election

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The Idea Fairy and I were testing out a new batch of edibles we’d baked when there was a knock on the door. It was...

The welcome sign and a case of libel

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“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”                      — Donald...