I'd rather my wife made land mines than worked in the wind farm industry – Telegraph Blogs

If there’s an industry in the world that deserves to be stigmatised more than any other, it’s the despicable, reprehensible, money-grubbing, mendacious, taxpayer-fleecing, bird-mangling, landscape-ruining, economy-blighting wind farm business. At least you could argue that blood diamonds make nice jewellery and that land mine manufacturers are making a valuable contribution to infantry defence. But wind farms are not merely worthless but actively evil – and anyone involved in them deserves to be as pilloried and despised as estate agents were in the Eighties or bankers are now.

Australia accused of fudging emissions

AUSTRALIA has been accused of trying to cheat its way out of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by pushing for ''dishonest'' forestry accounting loopholes at the latest round of UN climate talks.

Daniel Klein: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? - WSJ.com

Self-identified liberals and Democrats do badly on questions of basic economics.