The Magical World of “Climate Change”, by Hadley Arkes
Driving Out Love: The Modern Bureaucratic Lifestyle, by Dr. Jeff Mirus
December 16, 2020
Daily Scripture Readings and Meditation: The Blind See, the Lame Walk, the Poor Receive Good News
December 16, 2020
*Image: Storm in the Mountains by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1870 [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]
By Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing, Dec. 15, 2020
Hadley Arkes is the Ney Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Amherst College and the Founder/Director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding. …
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The state of our public discourse may not be at one of its heights, but it should be a telling sign that we haven’t heard anyone say that we have a remarkable “consensus” on the Pythagorean theorem. There is no citation to credentialed people to assure us that it’s “accepted” among those who should know that the square of the hypotenuse in the right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the two adjacent sides.
When we are dealing with an axiomatic, or necessary truth, it would be a vulgar move to suggest that this is a matter that may hinge on the “opinions” or the consensus among eminent people. And yet we persistently hear from the Left in our politics that there is an “overwhelming consensus” among scientists that we are facing a grave crisis over “climate change,” a crisis that will require stringent controls on the way we light and heat our houses, power our cars, and live our ordinary lives. …
