links for a late Monday afternoon

Ahead of legislative and executive discussion of global warming, the Washington Times notes the following:
Brian Kennedy, spokesman for the Institute for Energy Research, said Mr. Bush should realize that the U.S. is already ahead of the Europeans.
“U.S. taxpayers are already spending more than $40 billion a year to address climate change, and to date we’re achieving better [...]

hello again

Things are busy right now.  Combine that with the fact I’m becoming less of a fan of my own blog – the format is dull and its title is just stupid (maybe a third try at a blog is in order) — and you get a lack of posts.
Nonetheless, here are a few things I’ve come [...]