James M. Taylor debunks Al Gore's assault on reason with a few inconvenient truths.

A photo of Professor Indiana Jones and son.

A pretty good piece on the Centennial Challenges.

Why Do Politicians Hate Talk Radio?

Why do politicians hate talk radio? The short answer is that politicians do not like the criticism or the scrutiny. They would much rather that the hoi polloi shut up and allow the folks in Washington to get on with the job of messing up immigration, raising taxes, and growing government.

Those of us who observed the annual fights to slash NASA spending in the 1980s and 1990s find this development extraordinary.

A proposal to make the Earth Departure Stage of an Ares V nuclear powered. Aside from the obvious advantages, it would give Bruce Gagnon a heart attack.

Bigelow's Genesis II module has launched successfully. Another step toward the private development of space.

Addendum: More.

Historical Epics I'd Like to See on the Big Screen

Robotic Fruit Pickers: Revolution in Harvesting

More on the planned private trip around the Moon. Apparently the first flight has already been booked.

Fredrick Kagan explains our current strategy in Iraq. One hopes that Senator Lugar is listening.

Dr. David Gratzer MD gives the latest smackdown to Michael Moore in particular and socialized medicine in general. I wish Lindsay McCreith is his suit, by the way. The Canadian system that Moore so praises almost killed him.

The Ares V as a conveyor for really big space telescopes.

Ken Blackwell takes after Michael Moore and champions a free market solution to health care. So does Fred Thompson.

The Senate version of the 08 NASA spending bill is taking shape. No huge increases, but no big cuts either. One interesting item:

The funding bill includes $48.7 million for a “Lunar Lander” mission plus $20 million for the lunar robotics program office at NASA Marshall, which Shelby fought to keep open earlier this year.

Hardly enough for a lunar lander if done in house. But surely a good down payment if the thing were done as a Centennial Challenge.

It seems that now one can actually go to Rick's American Cafe in Casablanca.

Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods

One of the great myths of this century being perveyed by the liberals is that Iraq is a "bad war" from which we must retreat, but Afghanistan is a "good war" which we must win. Captain Ed has uncovered thsi first indications that this is a lie. The liberals want to bug out of Afghanistan too.

The interesting thing about this story seems to me to be that NASA has actually done market research, something that would have been inconceivable in past years. Like Jeff Foust, I wait to see if the resulting communications plan will succeed or not. But I think the space agency is on the right track, which is remarkable considering how poor its public affairs operation has been traditionally.

Star Parker is the latest to give Michael Moore a smack down.

Addendum: So does David Hogberg.