Recently another newspaper reporter tried to discredit Climategate by claiming I was unqualified to write the book because I did not have an advanced degree in “climate science.” “You were just a TV Meteorologist,” the reporter whined. I quickly responded, “That’s as ridiculous as claiming you can’t really understand the Constitution unless you’re a Constitutional law professor.”  I continued by explaining all one needs to see through the global warming scam is a rudimentary understanding of science, a decent grasp of mathematics, respect for the scientific method, and the...

Arbor Day is a counterfeit holiday that has long since drifted from its original mission. According to the Arbor Day Foundation, the initial observance was established in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Neb. Morton’s push to plant trees in the plains of North America was threefold: create artificial windbreaks to keep soil on farms in place, grow trees as a source of fuel, and grow even more trees for building material. By the 1920s, each state in the United States had passed public laws that stipulated a certain day to be Arbor Day. Now it is a national observance noted on the last...

As posted on American Thinker, 4-22-10: In recent weeks while addressing Tea Party rallies here on the left coast, I ask the assembled patriots what appears to be an odd question: “Would all those from the former Soviet Union please raise your hands?” A notable number of hands are always raised — the San Francisco Bay Area is home to a diverse population. I then ask another curious question: “What does April 22 signify to you?” Without exception, someone will shout with great displeasure, “Lenin’s birth date!” The crowd clearly sees that I’m on...

Recently I was recently interviewed by a Bay Area newspaper regarding the computer models that are used to predict climate change. I was reported as saying, “CO2 is truly the least potent greenhouse gas” and “water vapor is in fact the primary greenhouse gas. Yet…none of the climate models used to predict warming trends take that into account.” The article continued: David Easterling from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration countered saying “It appears Mr. Sussman is as uninformed as I suspect most TV weathercasters are,” he said. “Of course (the...

We could have released Climategate March 1st, about the time that much of the United States was reeling from some of the worst winter storms in memory.  However, Earth Day was a much better choice. Why? Well recently I spoke at a Tea Party gathering in the culturally diverse San Francisco Bay Area.  While briefly taking a moment to pitch Climategate, I asked, “If you’re from the former Soviet Union please raise your hand.”  Several people did. “Now, allow me to ask you wonderful immigrants a question.  When you think of April 22nd, what comes to mind?” The question was an obvious set...