James Taranto

Best of the Web Today: 'You've Taken the Words Out of My Mouth'

"Peer review," scientific corruption and the New York Times. This email, dated Sept. 29, 2009, is from Michael Mann of the Pennsylvania State University to New York Times warm correspondent Andrew Revkin. The crucial exchange...

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“Peer review” science sham

James Taranto writes at the NY Times : "And it hardly needs to be said that peer review is a sham if papers that present alternative hypotheses are not even allowed into the process . . . What we now know about the 'peer...

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Fanaticism brought us hacked emails and climategate

Fanaticism brought us hacked emails and climategate Mind Your Own Damn Business Politics If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! You probably know the story by now; about a 1000 emails...

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Best of the Web Today: Big Lies and Little Facts

Blockbuster report reveals: "War and Peace" even longer than thought! Totenberg: Unlike the House bill, it tries to do things about cost. The Apollo 13 Party "Congress has no choice but to pass a nearly trillion-dollar...

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Climate Gate: Politicians Investigate CRU’s Emails And The BBC Sat On The Story

Files hacked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) - see them here - seems to suggest an Orwellian pact between scientists to settle the scientific debate on man-made global warming...

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Honesty and Liberals

Chuck here, “the boss man” put me back to work. No sweat, friends, I really enjoy this. So, honesty and liberals. Apples and oranges. Rocks and books. Pterodactyls and aardvarks. Paper clips and fish. In today’s Best Of The Web...

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Smearing Sarah: Palin's book dissected by army of fact checkers

Examiner.com Smearing Sarah: Palin's book dissected by army of fact checkers Examiner.com While Palin's book sales are skyrocketing, the media seem intent on "putting stink" on her parade. While the Sarah Palin whirlwind book...

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He Never Campaigned On Competence

The average Joe seems to know what completely escapes BO: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 62% believe tax cuts are a better way to create jobs and fight unemployment. BO, on the other hand,...

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Whither American Jewry?

During a recent speaking tour in Canada, MK Nahman Shai (Kadima) shocked some of his hosts when he said that his primary goal in politics today is to bring down the Netanyahu government. Although indelicate, Shai's comment was...

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Best of the Web Today: 'Failure Is Not an Option'

Obama and Holder's assault on due process. Power Line's John Hinderaker notes that Attorney General Eric Holder, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, made a similar statement under questioning from Sen. Herb Kohl,...

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