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Another Megan McArdle post -- but only a little one6 comments

Tom wrote 1 week ago: Not the promised mountainous tome, but via Sadly No, I find that the Divine Ms. MM has taken up come … more →

Tags: Bad writing, ridicule, snark, climate change, keep your day job, McArdle

If They Can't Handle Pelosi...

Tom wrote 1 week ago: How on earth can the American people trust the GOP to stand up to an actual, you know, adversary? Se … more →

Tags: Republican follies, ridicule, climate change, Republicans, wimps

More Horn Tooting (Newton and the Counterfeiter Edition), and yet another apology7 comments

Tom wrote 3 weeks ago: The apology first:  regulars here know that the blog has been moribund for a while now.  Two factors … more →

Tags: Good Books, navel gazing, self-aggrandizement, Newton and the Counterfeiter, 2009, books of the year, Best Books, Sunday Times

Live Blogging President Obama's Energy Address At MIT6 comments

Tom wrote 2 months ago: Star studded crowd.  Gov. Patrick, Sen. Kerry, and local congressman Mike Capuano are here. 12:45:   … more →

Tags: obama, Science Policy, Environment, MIT, Energy, Global Warming

The Stupid, It Burns...Crunchy Con takes on Cosmology Edition5 comments

Tom wrote 2 months ago: I usually lie back and enjoy Roy Edoroso’s  Rod Dreher takedowns.  There are too many massive … more →

Tags: bad ideas, Cosmology, Fundamentalisms, Science and Religion, stupidity, Dreher, Edoroso, Religion, Science

Bend over

monkeyviller wrote 6 months ago: I see the Democrats have stampeded off the cliff and passed the Waxman-Markey bill. Little to add to … more →

Tags: Academic dry rot

And If The Computer Models Are Just Plain Wrong, Then What, Mr. President?

The Elephant's Child wrote 7 months ago: President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass a cap-and-trade bill that would cost every America … more →

Tags: Environment, Global Warming, News the Media Doesn't Want You to Hear, Science/Technology, The Elephant's Child, Global Warming, Temperature

Do Bow Ties Constrict GOP Blood Flow to the Brain?: Tucker Carlson/Global Warming edition

Tom wrote 10 months ago: What is it about these guys, bow ties and global warming? Here’s George Will fanboy and bronze … more →

Tags: stupidity, ridicule, Republican follies, Journalism and its discontents, George Will, Tucker Carlson, Is the Washington Post dead yet

George Will Officially Loses His Mind3 comments

Tom wrote 10 months ago: So the promised column is up, and it is everything one could hope for from a writer who has too long … more →

Tags: stupidity, Journalism and its discontents

And the Kick Line Continues...George Will is a Glutton for Punishment edition.5 comments

Tom wrote 10 months ago: This news reminds me of some of the officer evaluations contained in this oldie-but-goodie of milita … more →

Tags: ridicule, Journalism and its discontents, snark

John Tierney Update: Eric Roston Rules edition1 comment

Tom wrote 10 months ago: An evisceration worthy of its own post, and not just an update on this one.  Yesterday, I emailed Er … more →

Tags: bad science, stupidity, ridicule, Journalism and its discontents, Bad writing

Quicky Alert on John Tierney's latest outrage.

Tom wrote 10 months ago: I’m tired; I’m stuck with parts of my day job that I really wish I didn’t have to … more →

Tags: Who needs science?, stupidity, ridicule, Journalism and its discontents, Bad writing

Program Notes: Take a look at this excellent video -- which gives me an excuse to pile on George Will and the once-proud Post.1 comment

Tom wrote 10 months ago: For starters, and for yet another reason that you should never trust George Will, take a look at thi … more →

Tags: words mattter, stupidity, Journalism and its discontents, Climate, deceit

Obama and McCain on Climate Change: Who to Trust? Andy Revkin Tells You Who.1 comment

Tom wrote 1 year ago: This post got kind of overshadowed mid- writing by the Powell news today — but on the off chan … more →

Tags: Politics, Republican knavery, obama, Energy follies, Science Policy, McCain, Climate, Environment, climate change

And on the other hand (Easterbrook edition)3 comments

Tom wrote 1 year ago: Update: See Shiv’s comment below for an alternate view of the wisdom, or lack thereof, in East … more →

Tags: Energy follies, Sharp thinking, Cars, Policy, Climate, fuel efficiency, Gregg Easterbrook, Transportation

Further to Ambinder's Folly.1 comment

Tom wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to Brad Delong for taking my pique with Marc Ambinder and running with it. (In my ongoing att … more →

Tags: bad ideas, political follies, Politics, Republican knavery, obama, Energy follies, McCain, stupidity, Republican follies

Carbon TV: Steve Colbert meets Eric Roston

Tom wrote 1 year ago: In case you missed it last night — you can see it here. Colbert is the energizer bunny. Eric d … more →

Tags: Random Humor, Geek Humor, Energy follies, Climate, Environment, Carbon, science writing, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report

News Flash: Dog Bites Man take two -- McCain does not care about global warming2 comments

Tom wrote 1 year ago: I’ve said this already, here and here. Now its official, and all over the liberal end of the b … more →

Tags: bad ideas, political follies, Politics, Republican knavery, obama, Picking sides, McCain, Climate, Environment

Updates on the 100 mpg car front

Tom wrote 1 year ago: Way, way back when there was a Republican fight for the nomination, Mike Huckabee made a little spla … more →

Tags: Republican knavery, Huckabee, McCain, Cars, Engineering, Environment, Cool Tech, Hybrids, Plug-In Hybrids


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