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Did you know that Arctic Sea ice coverage was lower one thousand years ago? Or that there “… has been no decline in polar bear numbers or health?” How about “the strongest hurricane to strike New England occurred on August 25, 1635.” Not Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

These are a few of the important facts, with citations, reported in Dr Roy Spencer’s “ Global Warming Skepticism for Busy People.” The retired NASA meteorologist and senior scientist for climate studies has put together an informative compilation that reveals the one-sided biased reporting about the subject that even the current governor of the state of Washington wants to push onto America: anthropogenic climate change. The book is a valuable resource to be prepared for the growing avalanche of end-of-the-world diatribes we will likely read and hear for at least the next 18 months. Along with the other leave-it-to-the-big-government programs being forced at us, the book is an Important counterweight.

With the most recent round of the LPOSD levy behind, it is important to explore another subject: What is being taught to our students, children, grandchildren, neighbors’ children? Is the high school environmental science class one-sided, unbalanced and only half the story? Are the equivalent elementary and middle school classes also incomplete? If the children are our future it is important that they are being taught all of the facts. Their future depends on it.

JEREMY CONLIN

Cocolalla