I hear the word "consensus" a lot these days. We hear Mr. Gore talk about "consensus" on global warming in the scientific community. Whenever I hear the word consensus used as a rhetorical talking point to drive home a particular point of view, it reminds me of something Ayn Rand once wrote. She called the "rule by consensus," which is exactly what environmental fundies are attempting to put in place, "the new fascism" and she could not have been more accurate.

Here is my column for this week. This is on Lieberman-Warner, the global warming bill going through the Senate right now.

By the way, this may be my last column until after the election in November. I'll doing some blogging for the Barr campaign.