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Hubris & Models: Global Warming Economic Production Edition
COP21 in Paris is fast approaching and the #BigPush is on. That means we're forced to talk about global warming more than I'd like (which is not at all). But…
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Stream: Political Scientists Didn’t See Trump Coming. What Went Wrong?
Today's terrific post is at The Stream. The Bad Science Behind Trump's Opposition. It's the best post. The best. It just is. I don't know. I have friends in journalism.…
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WMBriggs.com Podcast 6 April 2016 — It’s The End Of The World: Again
https://youtu.be/CNsyJf2MX2w Download MP3. Subscribe to the podcast feed (paste this into iTunes or elsewhere): https://www.wmbriggs.com/feed/?category=podcasts Use Player.fm to find the podcasts. Show is over. Archived version above. Next week,…
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Predictions For 2016—Register Yours Today!
It's that time of year again. Time to put your reputation on the line and show us your pudding, if that is the metaphor I want. Even if it isn't,…
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Science Shows How Not To Get Killed By A Cow
"Murderous cattle are an understudied phenomenon, say veterinarian Angharad Fraser-Williams and other researchers at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom." You bet they're understudied. When's the last time…
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Nobody Expects The Roman Climate Inquisition—Guest Post by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared at WND.com and is reprinted here with permission. In the zany 1970s hit comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, popular on both sides of…
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How’d We Do On Our 2015 Predictions?
The answer to the post title's question is: I'm not so sure. Because why? Because the predictions everybody registered were lost when I was hacked last January. Why was I…
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Just In Time For Easter, The Annual Skeptical Article Denying Jesus Existed
It's that time of year again, friends; the holiest in the secular calendar. It's a time of contemplation, yes, but in the newsroom it's also one of celebration. For this…
