Paul Driessen is senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality and Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, two groups that have received some ExxonMobil support for work by him and others on malaria eradication, Third World agriculture and economic development, climate change, and other issues. He is the author of Eco-Imperialism: Green power · Black death (www.Eco-Imperialism.com). http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Imagine the reaction if investment companies provided only rosy stock and economic data to prospective investors; manufacturers withheld chemical spill statistics from government regulators; or medical device and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/10/15/none_dare_call_it_fraud 903409c9-6f42-4ec3-8a80-045a030163ad Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT "Since when did you become a global warming alarmist?" I kidded Norman midway into our telephone conversation a few weeks before this amazing scientist and humanitarian died. "What are you talking about?" Dr. Borlaug http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/09/20/adapting_to_climate_change_through_technologynorman_borlaug's_legacy_lives_on,_offering_hope_to_billions 3314a1ff-8cb5-4c22-a02b-5a64432d5205 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT "Few challenges facing America - and the world - are more urgent than combating climate change," President Obama has asserted. "We will make it clear that America is ready to lead." The President and Al Gore are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/09/05/leader_of_none dd51e2b3-30dd-4b6c-96ea-1f90f87f65be Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT In the minds of politicians and rent-seekers, the cash-for-clunkers program was so successful that it deserved even more taxpayer money. Pols got to strut their green credentials. Car makers got to sell cars, via yet... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/08/22/taxpayer_cash_for_clunker_ideas 63c6f9c2-94b9-482a-a821-522a705dbec3 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT Americans are justifiably wary about Congress rushing to overhaul our healthcare system - 17% of our economy - with little debate, analysis or bipartisan input. They worry that the legislation would dramatically affect http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/08/07/questions_to_ask_at_town_hall_meetings b0f79860-cdd5-4975-a6e4-defdd719e324 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:01 GMT Boone Pickens, Nacel Energy and Vestas Iberia have been issuing statements and placing print, radio and television ads, extolling the virtues of wind as an affordable, sustainable energy resource. Renewable energy... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/07/22/forests_of_concrete_and_steel 4b630b74-f3a0-47e6-a858-0b1be0504a4a Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:00:01 GMT Suppose a company doctored data, misrepresented study findings, replaced observations with computer simulations and hired PR flacks to promote its new "wonder drug." News stories, congressional hearings and subpoenas... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/06/20/us_governments_climate_con-job 6b2297d7-8b18-4e2c-9c26-371c202ba055 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT The climate "crisis" is a "moral issue that requires serious debate," Al Gore proclaimed in an April 27 AlGore.com blog post. His conversion to the Anglo-American tradition of robust debate came a mere three days... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/05/23/climate_change_"morality" 5973bc62-0e81-4605-a4ec-4b698641143e Sat, 23 May 2009 04:00:04 GMT America is diving into a Marianas Trench of red ink. There is barely a digit of black anywhere on the balance sheet, and spendthrift lawmakers are closing off numerous sources of positive revenue. On the spending... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/04/11/obamas_red_sea 637eeb76-91a6-4795-a378-0686ef1f0cf5 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT Fred Schwindel's TV City ad promises 40" flat screen televisions for $200. You rush to his store, to learn he's "fresh out" - but has some 42" models for $1000. That's "bait-and-switch," and Fred could be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/03/07/global_warming_bait-and-switch 2c5a0bf1-7cdd-42e3-a107-0e723f6e5a57 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:01:00 GMT The creation of "green-collar" jobs is a major component of President Obama's energy and economic strategy. Opportunities for achieving realistic goals should certainly be pursued, and many "green" projects do represent... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/03/04/green_energy_and_jobs_proceed_with_caution 88f3bc9b-dbc1-433d-8f94-6cd6e2020dd9 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:45:40 GMT As Congress continues to deliberate energy and global warming bills, President Bush's new climate initiative has altered the debate, at least at the international level. Clearheaded analysis and accurate information is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/03/04/bad_information_breeds_harmful_legislation 640b0b1c-cf7a-4784-a71e-f3a80bcc2c74 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:01:00 GMT "Corporate social responsibility" doctrine says companies must act ethically and further the well-being of society - not merely seek to improve market shares and bottom lines. Ethical behavior is an essential... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/02/21/sick,_irresponsible_csr 126ead79-1c5e-4549-bbeb-ec6bb7cd7401 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT Editors' Note: This piece is co-authored by Willie Soon Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of Earth's most impoverished regions. Over 90% of its people still lack electricity, running water, proper sanitation and decent... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/02/14/eco-colonialism_degrades_africa ae02e862-7aa9-420b-94b7-d909977c2cb5 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT Plummeting stock and housing prices have triggered a painful recession, America's worst job losses since 1945, and trillions in lost national wealth. California is grappling with a $42-billion budget deficit. That's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/01/17/just_say_no_to_oil_revenues d7f2d0f5-91a4-4fe0-89d0-bac679018a75 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT There is no such thing as "clean coal," environmentalists insist. Burning coal to generate electricity emits soot particles that cause respiratory problems, lung cancer and heart disease, killing 24,000 Americans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2009/01/03/saving_lives_with_coal 2ad4f73b-320b-4ab2-9761-da03eab25142 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:01:00 GMT Bloodletting was once routinely prescribed to eliminate impurities that doctors believed caused disease. So when George Washington was stricken with malaria and a sore throat in December 1799, his physicians bled a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/12/13/economic_bloodletting 38ee6806-cedb-4baa-81c0-80354c4354f8 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT Environmentalists, journalists and politicians say tough climate legislation is a moral imperative. Global warming science is settled, the United States is out of step with other nations, America must follow Europe's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/10/11/following_europes_lead_on_climate_change e751eed2-acc9-426c-8f25-43cfa6e2152b Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Not long ago, most Americans thought malaria had disappeared from Planet Earth. Few remembered that it had killed thousands every year in the United States, into the 1940s - or that it was once prevalent in New Jersey,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/10/04/killing_malarial_mosquitos_now! ca4a6a62-66cc-408e-9617-d29f334c1c75 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT The quest to be "green" has spawned countless proposals, programs, laws and advertising campaigns. In Washington, DC a "Green Jobs Advisory Council" is promoting policies for green buildings, energy efficiency,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/09/27/green_collar_jobs_-_or_con_jobs cfedd7db-86c3-4311-a9ed-4d9b17a2633b Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT They get little credit for their efforts, but most resource extraction, manufacturing and power generation companies strive to be "socially responsible" - by emphasizing energy efficiency, resource conservation,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/09/02/the_social_responsibility_of_coal 5603e1ac-f6aa-4155-ad23-006f61c45746 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:08:51 GMT T. Boone Pickens is being lionized for his "socially responsible" efforts to legislate national "clean" wind and solar energy mandates. We're "the Saudi Arabia of wind," he argues. We need to "overcome our addiction... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/07/22/blowing_hot_air_up_our_shorts e1081f12-108f-4e80-9422-39bc4ffb817c Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:09:53 GMT "We can't drill our way out of our energy problem." This daily mantra, mostly from Democrats, underscores an abysmal grasp of economics by the politicians, activists, bureaucrats and judges who are dictating US... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/06/28/drill_here_drill_now_drill_anwr dca1ebfe-3331-4558-82df-054d97b3afcf Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT There is no distinctly native American criminal class, Mark Twain observed - except Congress. A century later, government power and intrusiveness have increased exponentially. Virtually every business and interest now... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/06/07/americas_native_criminal_class 66a04c15-2291-4e00-8847-25abf916664f Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT America is in the throes of a major housing and financial downturn, soaring food and energy costs, rising unemployment and near recession. But many legislators and bureaucrats are falling all over themselves to restrict... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/04/19/global_warming_tax_hikes_headed_your_way 901f58fc-42fb-4f62-bd2a-89fdccb7a73b Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT During the "Eat This" segment of their docu-comedy series BS, Penn Jillette beat Teller in a round of their "Greatest Person in History" card game. Penn needed just one card: Norman Borlaug. This Iowa farm boy and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/04/05/still_feeding_the_world b072ab5c-bcd5-4a1c-91e4-6491ba88920c Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT "Environmental justice" is often used to benchmark corporate social responsibility. "People of color and low-income populations are disproportionately impacted by pollution," argues Leslie Fields, Sierra Club... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2008/02/10/humpty_dumpty_policies 4ca4e276-1cc9-4565-9dec-2009464eefab Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT Tucked away in the mountains of western Romania, Rosia Montana has been a mining town for 2000 years. From Roman times, extracting gold and other metals from these rocks has been a dirty, dangerous business, and life... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/12/26/may_you_freeze_in_the_dark 73b0db2c-dd7f-4509-9b79-0c4840d5698f Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:40:07 GMT Tucked away in the mountains of western Romania, Rosia Montana has been a mining town for 2000 years. From Roman times, extracting gold and other metals from these rocks has been a dirty, dangerous business, and life... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/12/22/may_you_freeze_in_the_dark f3c61774-4314-41f1-93ae-0b0e62251c2e Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:01:01 GMT The mantra is repeated daily. There is consensus on climate change. Global warming is real. It will be a disaster. Humans are to blame. We have to do something - immediately. However, the consensus of 100... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/12/18/climate_change_rallies,_realities,_and_sacrifices 9745a6d4-0cc6-4a81-b98e-7bbb68a8c35f Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:07:40 GMT If "corporate social responsibility" is to be more than a brilliant strategy for compelling companies to follow the dictates of "progressive" pressure groups, it must apply defensible ethical principles to all... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/11/03/sick_and_deadly_double_standards 11767252-bfcf-4a53-bbc8-bacad9f891da Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:00:05 GMT During the Days of Repentance, Jews ponder their sins of the past year. Today, Yom Kippur, is their final opportunity to make amends and alter the judgment that God will enter in his books, as the sun sets. This Day... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/09/22/malaria_atonement_and_forgiveness d320137f-f331-432a-beff-b963533f71a9 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:46:39 GMT "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority," Marcus Aurelius opined, "but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." An even worse fate would be to end up in minority status and an asylum http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/09/08/global_warming_insanity 95a7cf7d-2557-4dc8-a4cd-910f5093a35e Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:01:00 GMT For decades, Nazi and Communist regimes ruled Romania, kept her people impoverished and exploited her resources - tearing vast mineral wealth from her mountains, with little regard for worker safety, people's health or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/08/29/keeping_romania_impoverished a4d111ab-e053-4c4b-80b3-f682e01b5f32 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:38:43 GMT "The social responsibility of business," Milton Friedman famously said, "is to increase its profits." Some extol this view. Others condemn it. But many simply do not recognize that Dr. Friedman's 1970 aphorism has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/08/09/the_social_responsibility_of_profits dde2e32e-0dda-457a-9ec0-cdbfb9cf98c5 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:21:47 GMT "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, "it means just what I choose it to mean." That's apparently the operative philosophy for many politicians these days. Legislators should be working to ensure that we have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/08/01/do-nothing_energy_policies 7f1be9ac-339e-4761-a00e-684614b62b27 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:24:02 GMT Sarbanes-Oxley and the 2006 elections supposedly inaugurated a new congressional commitment to ethics, transparency, accountability and consumer protection. Something has been lost in translation. The "energy" bill... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/06/30/climate_ethics_on_capitol_hill dca4ece3-9bec-4438-a2ca-7a3d23f50c71 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:01:00 GMT Even in this "era of corporate social responsibility," brazen violations of honesty, transparency and accountability standards occur regularly. Exhibit 1: the recent "Coal is filthy" ad campaign. Prominent advertisement http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/05/12/the_"coal_is_filthy"_ad-scam 44970a4c-32fa-40a1-9d9f-81aa7ce36eef Sat, 12 May 2007 04:01:00 GMT "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean," said Humpty Dumpty - "neither more nor less." Lewis Carroll's "Looking Glass" logic often seems to be a guiding principle for environmental and corporate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/03/24/forty_years_of_perverse_social_responsibility 41186e8f-c0d9-4569-8abb-3314e388e0a1 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:01:01 GMT The ink has barely dried on its new code of conduct, and already Congress is redefining ethics and pork to fit a global warming agenda. As Will Rogers observed, "with Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2007/02/06/global_warming_ethics,_pork_and_profits 940690b6-04bc-4607-8517-3927feaea913 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:25:32 GMT Two centuries years ago, Voltaire proclaimed, "I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it." Today, our free speech traditions are under assault. Colleges prohibit "offensive" or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2006/12/10/climate_mccarthyism_and_eco-inquisitions bbd75cb7-09ee-44ff-a521-07398e31cca4 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:48:32 GMT Every snowstorm, hurricane, deluge or drought generates headlines, horror movies and television specials, demanding action to avoid imminent climate catastrophe. Skeptics are pilloried, labeled "climate criminals," and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2006/10/21/the_real_climate_change_catastrophe c5e484c5-72a9-454c-9596-0681b18885d5 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:01:10 GMT "What you get in your mailbox," Audubon Society COO Dan Beard once admitted, "is a never-ending stream of shrill material, designed to evoke emotions, so you'll sit down and write a check." Added Sierra Club... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulDriessen/2006/09/06/activist_fraud_and_fundraising 66aff570-35e5-4aff-865e-093a5c1918be Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:30:35 GMT