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Faith In Climate Catastrophe
A recent article at Real Climate (linked from BoingBoing) informed its faithful that they, the writers and site leaders "Michael Tobis and Scott Mandia with input from Gavin Schmidt, Michael…
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The Pope And The Big Bang
It seemed to some that Pope Benedict claimed in this year's Epiphany sermon that modern science helps explain God's existence. "Contemplating [the universe] we are invited to read something profound…
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What Is A “Climate Change Skeptic”? Assist With Definition
As requested by Richard Drake and J Ferguson, who began a conversation on a similar topic last week, this new post asks what is the best "opinion poll-ready definition of…
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New York’s Induced Terminations Of Pregnancy
New York City's Health Department (motto: It's for your own good!) released its annual birth and death statistics, and the internet is aflutter, particularly over the numbers on abortion. "Raw"…
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Internet Porn Reduces Rape?
I want to be charitable. I really do. But as I reviewed the paper "Pornography, Rape, and the Internet" by Clemson professor Todd Kendall (author of "Celebrity Misbehavior in the…
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Ivy League Climate Skeptics
I received this email from Rob Fishman at the Huffington Post. My answer follows. I'm the social media editor here at HuffPost (and a Cornell alum). I came across your…
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Ecoheroes For the Climate Join Global Warming Superheroes!
Remember Global Warming Superheroes? A site where I---cough, cough---made villain of the day? While glancing through my logs, I was led to Timberati: Reasonably green thoughts. The folks there were…
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Predictions For 2011: Submit Yours Today!
Since everybody remembers what Yogi Berra said about this hoary subject, we can skip it. Still, we can't help but wonder with Calvin, where are all the rocket ships…
