Progressives with more passion than intelligence provide aid and comfort to conservatives, and as usual, Huffington Post is leading the charge. Twitter is stupid and Instagram is Twitter for people who can’t […]
Serious errors and shortcomings void climate letter by 49 former NASA employees
Six errors plus two shortcomings equals 49 former NASA employees with no climate science credentials damaging their own reputations.
The ethos of The Heartland Institute: brazen hypocrisy
The Heartland Institute continues its brazen calls for others to be ethical while refusing to behave ethically itself.
The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards (corrected)
Peter H. Gleick collects the five most outrageous examples of climate BS (Bad Science) from 2011, with several runners-up. Number one? All the Republican presidential candidates.
Nota Bene #120: Crazy Ivan
“If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s earth.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #113: Seth's Near-Death
“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.” Who said it?
Three of four misconduct allegations against Michael Mann found to be without merit (updated)
Update: I’ve added a few more examples of spin and accusations of bias against PSU as well as some good reporting examples that were not posted as of last night. After the […]
Democracy & Elitism 3: burning down the straw man, and who are these out-of-touch "liberal elites," anyway?
Part 3 in a series. Let’s begin with a quick trivia question. What legislator’s Top 20 donor list includes the following? Blackstone Group (Financial Services) Bain Capital FPL Group (Energy) DLA Piper (Corporate […]
Bloggers and, not vs., the traditional media
Today’s discussion on the alleged conflicts between the mainstream media and the blogosphere (Who’s Driving Whom: the Blogosphere vs. the Mainstream Media) ranged widely across a variety of topics that could have […]
The future of news: rational business decisions
Begin writing the long-term obituary of the American newspaper — at least for the newspaper envisioned by the Founders as a public service and a significant component of the checks and balances […]