Scholars & Rogues
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S&R isnt a current news blog, exactly. There are some fantastic sites out there where you can get quick, first-on-the-scene takes, and if you explore the blogroll youll see what we mean. Were more like the editorial desk. We see our mission as comment, analysis, informed opinion, deep insight. We try to figure out what things mean, and in passing that perspective on to our readers we hope to foster a greater tendency toward critical thinking in society. On this blog you can expect to find a wide range of subjects covered. Some of the more likely ones include: * Politics ... More » (Source: Scholars & Rogues)
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Birth of a climate change meme: Inadequate reporting followed by inept blogging | Scholars and Rogues
"Just step outside: More Americans convinced of climate change after extreme weather" ... The Yahoo news blog hed provides no support for “convinced”; it is sheer opinion. ...via Google News -
Scholars and Rogues ? Bonner & Associates forges documents in opposition to climate bill
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Is America ready for an honest conversation about abortion yet?
() Pro-lifers have the luxury of absolute moral certainty, you see. Life begins at conception, they insist, and therefore abortion is murder. Period. And life is the most sacred ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Carbon dioxide lifetime 50-100x longer than generally reported
() There is a great deal of confusion regarding how long carbon dioxide (CO2) persists in the atmosphere. There are at least two reasons for this. The first reason is that there ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Rogues, scandals and the Church of Baseball: S&R Honors Babe Ruth
() You have to be pretty simple to believe that baseball didn't know about the epidemic of clubhouse pharmacology, but hey - the game had shot itself in the foot with the 1994 ...Posted by Russ Wellen -
World's Worst Nuclear Proliferator? Guess
() The Bush administration likes to think of itself as nuclear policeman to the world. North Korea? Put those missiles back in your pants. Iraq? Wipe that nuclear smirk off your ...Posted by Russ Wellen -
Who has access to your personal data? Everyone -- except you
() Big banks, telecoms, and utilities hoard private data on customers and citizens, yet can't protect the data from snooping employees and identity thieves. What do you do when ...Posted by Russ Wellen -
Laptop of Mass Destruction
() It looks like, even though there isn't much meat on it, the US will continue to gnaw on the Iran bone. Let's just hope we don't crunch through and wind up with splinters in ...Posted by Russ Wellen -
Pushing Journalism's Envelope Inside-Out
() "The 'Chechnya' special operation has infected the whole country, which is becoming more and more beastly and idiotic. The value of human life was already very low in Russia, ...Posted by Russ Wellen -
Experience is to Hillary as 9/11 is to Giuliani
() Rudolph Giuliani's ritualistic incantations of 9/11 have become a national joke. Hillary's got her own equivalent of Giuliani's 9/11: her "experience." It's gospel to much of ...Posted by Russ Wellen
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