As if policy "experts" were not growing almost daily in disrepute, along came the Environmental Protection Agency Monday to fortify, in a backward way, the case for just plain old, you know, common sense in public policy. No 2,000-page congressional bills; no international conferences; just homely intuition, leading to the conclusion that, Pa, this whole thing don't sound right.

Until recently we hadn't had that sort of whoa, hold it, in the face of untested testimony by phalanxes of scientists and the like. Doubtless this is why the EPA hopes, if...












A Bad Year for the Experts
Investigators checked his computer and found that Andrew had logged onto a conservative website called Town Hall where he had gotten into a debate with a conservative identified only as “AKA Charlie.” AKA Charlie, who is apparently from Wyoming, had been cruelly taunting Andrew to “think things through.”
The District Attorney of Los Angeles County has served Town Hall with a warrant for the real name of AKA Charlie who openly espouses dangerous conservative views online. The suspect’s real name is...