Free Republic

The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 10,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science. The leadership of the society had previously called the evidence for global warming "incontrovertible." In a posting to the APS forum, editor Jeffrey Marquis explains...

The global warming issue started out looking like a win for the Democrats, containing the obligatory components of leftist propaganda: fear, narcissistic appeal and content abstract enough to thwart refutation. Plenty of easily-recruited “experts” showed up and people in general seemed to be falling for it. But freedom of speech messed up everything. Talk radio and the internet have not yet come under the control of Big Brother, allowing for the leakage of hard facts to reach average citizens who aren’t as stupid as the left thinks they are. So the global warming scam is now disintegrating. A big question...

'COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF' SUTHERLAND: BUSH WILL DESTROY OUR LIVES Choking back tears, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF star Donald Sutherland warned this week: President Bush "will destroy our lives!" The star of the new ABC drama, which follows the first woman President of the United States, lashed out at the real White House during a dramatic sit down interview with the BBC. Sutherland ripped Bush and his administration for the war and Hurricane Katrina fallout. "They were inept. The were inadequate to the task, and they lied," Sutherland charged. "And they were insulting, and they were vindictive. And they were heartless. They did not care. They...

From the Smart Answers advice column:Q: One of the employees in my fabrication business uses the office computers to cruise the Internet and post comments at political forums. He is a very left-wing loudmouth, hates our President, and rants about the war in Iraq as "genocide for oil." Some of his opinions get his fellow workers so angry I have to step in to keep the peace. He is about 24 years old, has a degree, and is smart. My question: If I have to, can I fire him? I can't say it's a routine layoff because I'm hiring other...

More than 100 peace groups, including The Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice, have announced plans to gather in Washington April 20 to protest America's war on terrorism and President Bush's proposed defense budget increases. Marcia Morris, program coordinator for the Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice, said state groups will send several busloads of protesters. Roxanne Lawson, co-coordinator of the national alliance of peace organizations created after Sept. 11, said she expects 10,000 to 20,000 people from around the country to attend. A spokesman for the U.S. Park Police said extra officers would be on hand for such an...