Earth Day: Spiritually Uplifting, Intellectually Debased (Julian Simon’s 25th Anniversary Essay)

Earth Day: Spiritually Uplifting, Intellectually Debased (Julian Simon’s 25th Anniversary Essay)

This essay was written in 1995 by the late Julian Simon for the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. The original, along with his other work, is available online for free here. It is reprinted with permission from the Julian Simon family. ______ April 22 marks the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. Now as then its message is spiritually uplifting. But all reasonable persons who look at the statistical evidence now available must agree that Earth Day’s sci…