In the foreword, Michaels writes: "Edited volumes are supposed to be boring, uneven, and unread. I don't think this one will garner those labels." My take follows:
Chapter 1 - The story of how the Constitution has been reinterpreted versus the founder's initial intent is well told by Pilon & Turgeon. Not only have the "enumerated powers" of Congress been reduced to insignificance, but also the "separation of powers" has been undercut by the rise of administrative agencies controlled by the President. All Congress really has left is the power of the purse.
Chapter 2 - The president's favorability rating (strong disapproval minus strong approval, Rasmussen) dipped into negative territory just after the Waxman-Markey bill was passed by the House of Representatives in late June 2009, where it has stayed ever since, after which the cap-and-trade bill died in the Senate. Michaels theorizes that many members of Congress backed away from this controversial legislation, and would prefer that the EPA regulate carbon emissions on whatever basis it chooses.
Chapter 3 - Ross McKittrick relates his long and ultimately successful effort to publish a paper refuting "an important claim in the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report." By his reckoning the IPCC's claim was "not just wrong" but "based on fabricated evidence" as well. Most of the reviewer comments were positive, and yet one editor after another turned the paper down and in some cases simply refused to communicate with McKittrick. Pretty sad, when science is supposedly directed to finding the truth.
Chapter 4 - Why is it so often said that global warming is a "national security" issue? Per Ivan Eland, global warming zealots think this claim will give their agenda more "punch," while generals, admirals, et al. see it as helping to justify more military spending. Actually, global warming - even if the results were unfortunate - would not make wars more likely.
Chapter 5 - Referencing provisions of the Waxman-Markey Bill (dead at this point), Sallie James suggests that attempts to ban imports from countries that did not impose comparable restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions (a) might violate international trade agreements, and (b) in any case, would be deeply resented by the targeted countries. Not a good idea!
Chapters 6 & 7 - Dire predictions about the effects of global warming are off the mark, write Indur Goklany (re economic well-being) & Robert Davis (re human health). The basic error is to ignore adaptations to a generally warming trend that have been/will be possible with scientific progress and increasing wealth, e.g., heating and air conditioning, better forecasting of severe weather events, and measures to combat malaria. Diversion of resources from growing economic output to reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be counterproductive for developed and developing countries alike.
Chapter 8 - Some US schools attempt to indoctrinate students in the human-caused global warming theory; others ignore the issue on grounds that it is too "controversial." Neal McCluskey argues for school choice so parents can decide what they want their children to learn. Otherwise, "we will get people who either know little or nothing about climate change or people who are scared to death of it."
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