Here The 95 percent confidence limit reflects a long tradition in the history of science that valorizes skepticism as an antidote to religious faith. But when it comes to climate alarmism, it is time to dump that standard.

An article in Salon caught my eye while looking at other things online: Saturday, Jan 3, 2015 10:00 AM -0400 God is on the ropes: The brilliant new science that has creationists and the Christian right terrified A young MIT professor is finishing Darwin’s task — and threatening to undo everything the wacky right holds dear Paul Rosenberg The triumphalistic tone and immediate leap to a socio-cultural and/or aggressive materialistic agenda backed up by denigratory caricatures, published in a seemingly respectable magazine, already speak inadvertent volumes. But the lead-in to the piece (leaving off some rhetorical points-scoring off the bogeymen Mr Rosenberg particularly targets and evidently views as insane) is where the other shoe, proverbially, drops: Darwin also didn’t have Read More ›

Yes, that Mark Steyn Well, at least Harris has good taste. File under: Not breaking. Already bust. Please remove all chocolate from pockets before melting down. No. Really.