Ron Paul’s politics

There’s an interesting conversation between Ed Brayton and Timothy Sandefur regarding Ron Paul’s politics. While Paul has attracted a lot of attention (especially online) for being the only Republican presidential candidate who is against the Iraq war, Brayton and Sandefur point out that there are deeply disturbing elements to Paul’s politics (and I am [...]

Human impacts on pre-Columbian tropical forests

When European naturalists first visited the New World Tropics they saw vast forests that seemed untouched by humans. While indigenous people often lived in these forests, their populations were small. This led to a perception of tropical forests as primeval, “virgin” forests. In the last few decades, this perception has changed – [...]