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Another Scientist Strikes at Global Warming Hysteria
A wonderful thing is happening in the scientific world now that the United Nations has claimed that it is 90 percent certain anthropogenic global warming is real: scientists around the world are speaking out against this assertion.Another such scientist, Canada’s Timothy Ball, wrote an article today addressing his view of the media hysteria which marvelously began (h/t QandO, emphasis mine…
New Media War Begins: Mark Levin Tears Keith Olbermann Apart
“Countdown” host Keith Olbermann made a huge mistake last Thursday night: he chose to make radio host Mark Levin “The Worst Person in the World” for nominating Rush Limbaugh as a potential Nobel Peace Prize recipient.In response, Levin spent a large part of his show on Friday ripping this abomination apart. Audio links are available here and here courtesy of our friend at Olbermann Watch (h/t Dan…
Diane Doesn't Challenge Despotism of Syria's Assad
When a despot you're interviewing denigrates the value of democracy in another country, wouldn't your journalistic instincts prompt you to ask him about the utter lack of democracy in his own? Not in Diane Sawyer's case.The ABC powerhouse is in Syria this week. This morning's GMA aired an interview she scored with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Joe Biden would surely declare Assad "articulate…
WashPost Labeling: 'Landmark Gay Rights Activists' vs. Falwell's 'Reli
Sunday's Washington Post Magazine had another one of those true Post chestnuts, chronicling how cruel and backward the state of Virginia is to lesbians. April Witt's story focused on two women who entered into a civil union in Vermont now battling for custody of an artificially inseminated daughter. Vermont says Janet the lesbian partner is automatically a parent, Virginia says not so fast. The…
Friends of God Not Friendly to Evangelicals
Why bother trying to discover who evangelical Christians are, when all you're really doing is reinforcing tired old stereotypes?
Mark Steyn Calls Global Warming Alarmists ‘Eco-Chondriacs
For those that are unfamiliar, one of the finest writers on the political landscape today is Mark Steyn. His piece Sunday concerning the absurdity of global warming hysteria is a fine example (h/t NB member aero).First, Steyn mocked statements by the media about how solid the science surrounding this illusion is (emphasis mine throughout):Indeed. If the science is so solid, maybe they could drag…
Expanding Pack Ice in Iceland, Will Media Notice
In the midst of the media's global warming panic, an interesting thing is happening in Iceland: the amount of pack ice has increased to levels not seen in decades.As reported by the Telegraph (h/t Drudge, emphasis mine throughout):The oceans may be warming and air temperatures rising, but in recent days Iceland has bucked the global climate trend.Thick pack ice, the like of which has not been…
Prof Pushing 'Spat-upon Myth' is Debunked (Twice) in the Very Same Mag
Holy Cross College Professor Jerry Lembcke's 1999 column, "We Are What We Remember" (HTML link), was originally published in the April edition of Holy Cross Magazine (original PDF of the entire magazine is here; Lembcke's column is on Page 74).
Lembcke's core claim is that "the image of the spat-upon veteran is mythical ....." This is a narrative that at least two Greater Cincinnati-area…