Fresh Water under Salt Water

The ground water reserves for many areas of the planet are under the ocean floor.
Very interesting development. Earth is called the blue marble for a reason, the water is here, the distribution is the problem for some.
http://www.ooskanews.com/story/2014/01/offshore-freshwater-aquifers-which-law-will-apply-international-water-law-project

Is the Academy an Honest Place?

Repeatedly we are reminded of unreliable research in economics, social sciences, even some of the hard sciences.
Political agendas and intellectual passion can result in cargo cult science.
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Cultural Decay is Partially Attributable to Junk Social Science

Sure, Social Sciences, for example political science,are about morality, civility and the natural law and what works for civilizations.
Aristotle and other big brains considered the inquiry on what makes a civilization and society important.
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/01/25/5-horrific-examples-of-cultural-decay-in-america-n1784484/print

More from Thomas Sowell on Facts and Fantasy

Thomas Sowell continues his series of essays on fact free liberal thinking.
We already put up the first and II.
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Munoz case Goes South, Baby Might Die, Thanks to an Activist Judge

The Texas law in question on the Munoz case is about saving the life of the baby when a mother is brain dead or otherwise disabled or incapacited that would compromise the survival of the baby in the uterus (womb for you old fashioned readers). The statute intended to make sure every effort was made to sustain the mother, who, even if brain dead of severely disabled, was the incubator for the life of the baby.
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Chamber of Commerce is about Free Market Capitalism? Sho Nuff.

The recent conduct of the Chamber of Commerce of crony capitalism and neo fascism (as in a government/business co-op) is now on display as declared by their CEO for the last 15 years and committed statist, Mr. Donahue.
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