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February 18, 2010

The Absurdity of "Sustainability" in Economics Education

Tyler Watts

How sustainability education contradicts the sound teaching of economics.

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February 18, 2010

Radio: "The Green Movement and Its Discontents"

Ashley Thorne

Listen to NAS communications director discuss the rise of the sustainability movement in higher education.

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February 17, 2010

Climate Change: Inquiring Skepticism at Stanford

Glenn Ricketts

It appears as if the deepening skepticism about the once-invincible global warming "consensus" has shaken loose from what was until very recently strictly taboo. This piece by an undergraduate write......

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February 17, 2010

Global Warming Skepticism Labeled "Scare Tactics" and "Propaganda"

Ashley Thorne

Cross-posted from www.nas.org I just read an article in the Huffington Post, “Educating the Next Generation of Sustainability Professionals,” by Steven Cohen. Cohen tells how the dema......

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February 17, 2010

Intellectual and Moral Virtue and the Huntsville Homicides

Ashley Thorne

Yesterday NAS president Peter Wood wrote "Character Lessons: What We Can Learn From the Huntsville Killings." In it he wrote: “Higher” education is not much of a barrier against jealou......

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