https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/08/19/the-past-future-tense/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:08:52 -0400<![CDATA[George Will reviews environmentalism&#8217;s track record at predicting the future of the earth by the technique of reviewing the past. Using newspaper archives, Will takes us back to yesteryear where we are confronted by one of environmentalism&#8217;s many predictions of doom.  Then he speeds the archival time machine forward to show what actually happened. The depressingly consistent result is that environmentalism has missed the mark by a country mile.]]>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:28:13 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2012/08/19/the-past-future-tense-n191909