Monthly Archives: May 2015

Vatican Heavies Silence Climate Heretics at UN Papal Summit

VATICAN CITY – Papal heavies shut down an awkward question at a Vatican press conference today when a journalist asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon his views on climate sceptics. Marc Morano, covering the Vatican climate conference for Climate Depot, asked Ban Ki- Moon whether he had a message for the Heartland Institute delegation of scientists…

God Bless Megyn Kelly

God bless Megyn Kelly. The Fox News anchor broke earlier this week with several network colleagues and most other journalists’ party-line concerning events in Garland, Texas. She did so by standing forthrightly for freedom of speech and the right guaranteed in our Constitution to exercise it –especially when it might offend others. She refuses to…

An Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change

By Cornwall Alliance, April 27, 2015Your Holiness: April 27, 2015—As world leaders contemplate a climate agreement, many look to you for guidance. We commend you for your care for the earth and God’s children, especially the poor. With this letter we raise some matters of concern that we ask you to consider as you convey…

The Marshall Islands’ cautionary tale

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps forcibly commandeered the Maersk Tigris as navigated its way through the Straits of Hormuz. Iran controls the strategic waterway through which 40 percent of seaborne oil and a quarter of seaborne gas transits to global markets. The Maersk Tigris is flagged to the Marshall Islands. The South Pacific archipelago gained…