Even an opinion piece should pass the smell test. This one doesn't. When I tried to verify some of the cited facts, I found that they didn't hold water. For instance, "official data" do not show that temperatures have been falling since 1998, although they do show that 1998 was warmer than subsequent years. I couldn't locate a source that said Arctic ice increased in 2002 -- everything I found said the opposite. And has the Global Warming Petition been signed by 31,000 scientists? I don't really know. But a sampling of the online names suggests that a substantial number of those signers identify themselves as MD or DVM. Am I quibbling? That would be a legitimate claim if these points weren't the main thrust of the piece. There might be a lot of group-think going on and even a conspiracy of silence, but if there is, it'll take a more convincing argument than this one to make the point.