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What John Cole said...

See this dissection of the entirely dispensible Michael Gerson bewailing the fate of the polar bear within a warming world– but better not while you’re eating. Shorter form, quoting Cole… more »

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What John Cole said... — 1 comment

Tom wrote 6 days ago: See this dissection of the entirely dispensible Michael Gerson bewailing the fate of the polar bear … more »

Tags: Climate follies, Environment, Republican knavery, stupidity, Who needs science?

With Apologies to ... — 5 comments

Tom wrote 1 week ago: ….Brad Delong (and to you readers, for whom this post was promised yesterday)… UPDATE: A … more »

Tags: brain and mind, genes, Genetics, bad ideas, words mattter, political follies, Politics, History of Science, stupidity

What Does the Public Really Need To Know?: Science/Math edition. — 1 comment

Tom wrote 1 week ago: So, last week I have the good fortune (a) to junket in LA (thanks, History Channel — look for … more »

Tags: Arithmetic, good public communication of science, mathematics, numbers, science writing, Cocktails, Popular Science, Quantitative Reasoning, Science Literacy

Amateurs talk tactics, Professionals study logistics: The Surge, Afghanistan, Bush, McCain edition — 2 comments

Tom wrote 3 weeks ago: The running theme of this blog is the importance of being able to count. Genuinely elementary arithm … more »

Tags: bad ideas, Politics, War, McCain, iraq, Bush follies, Arithmetic, Afghanistan, SURGe

Russert RIP; and yet... — 1 comment

Tom wrote 1 month ago: I was opening my “write new post” window to say this, when I saw that John Cole got her … more »

Tags: Politics, Television, In Memoriam, Journalism, Tim Russert, meet the press, condolences

We Love Math, Electoral College Department. — 4 comments

Tom wrote 1 month ago: Andrew Sullivan says that this question-and-answer is why he doesn’t do math. That Sullivan is … more »

Tags: political follies, Politics, numbers, mathematics, andrew sullivan, Math, Electoral College, Combinatorics

Best Twit the French/Science Joke on the Web recently...

Tom wrote 2 months ago: …Comes from that trenchant blogger, Charles Darwin. He writes: Elsewhere the Telegraph’s Mr … more »

Tags: Random Humor, science writing, Geek Humor, Journalism, Darwin, Humor, bardot, Starlings, Natural History

Really Stupid Ideas: John McCain - Environment - Global Warming edition — 6 comments

Tom wrote 3 months ago: I begin to think that John McCain and George Bush made major — and really scary — speech … more »

Tags: Who thought that was a good idea?, Climate follies, bad ideas, political follies, Politics, Republican knavery, obama, media, McCain

Why is it so hard...

Tom wrote 3 months ago: OK. I’m sitting at home, alternating cups of tea with doubleshots of tylenol or ibuprophen, t … more »

Tags: Who needs science?, words mattter, political follies, Politics, McCain, Journalism, housing, Straight Talk, Unexamined Assumptions

Stupidity Kills: McCain/Vaccination edition. — 4 comments

Tom wrote 4 months ago: As promised, a post about this story. In my previous post, I asked what was missing from this seemi … more »

Tags: bad ideas, bad science, Journalism, McCain, Medicine, Republican follies, science writing, stupidity, Who needs science?

(Stolen Tag Line alert): The Way We Live Now — 1 comment

Tom wrote 4 months ago: Read this. (h/t Grace). Partly, this is just to wallow in the horror of the contemporary mediastream … more »

Tags: science writing, political follies, internet follies, Television, Medicine, Journalism, blogospheric tail chasing, good public communication of science, Science

A bit more unsolicited advice

Tom wrote 4 months ago: Sean Carroll — the Cosmic Variance one — has a very useful post up on how scientists sho … more »

Tags: science writing, writing, Journalism, good public communication of science, Science, Advice

What's Wrong With This Broadcast: NPR Edition

Tom wrote 4 months ago: I’m listening to my local NPR station’s broadcast of Scott Simon’s Saturday Mornin … more »

Tags: Politics, numbers, media, War, iraq, Journalism, radio, Arithmetic, npr

Press follies update — 1 comment

Tom wrote 4 months ago: A couple of posts back, I remembered my journalist’s roots (long ago, far away, in a country l … more »

Tags: words mattter, Journalism, New York Times, decline

Words Matter: NY Times edition — 2 comments

Tom wrote 4 months ago: warning: science free content below Quicky post. NYTimes.com has as its lead article as I write th … more »

Tags: Torture, Politics, Republican knavery, quis custodiet ipsos custodes, Bush follies, bush, Journalism, disgrace, shame


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