Author: Amy Ridenour

Hockey Stick Denial: This Time, at the Post

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The Washington Post is editorializing today against the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which held hearings twice in July on questions surrounding the "Hockey Stick" temperature studies. Says the Post: "Instead of concentrating ...
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New Study Critical of U.S. Uses Unreliable Health Care Comparisons

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A new press release: New Study Critical of U.S. Uses Unreliable Measures on Health CareA new study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) uses misleading statistics on the effectiveness of a health care system, concludes National Center ...
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California Outlawing Dissent? The Galileo Precedent

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The state of California has declared war on scientific and political dissent and the First Amendment. Yes, you read that right. The state of California is taking legal action to intimidate people who believe humankind has much to learn yet ...
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Medicare for All? No Thanks, Part IV

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From David Hogberg: After my first post on this subject, Joshua Holland responded here. If you can get through the ad hominem attacks, he has two basic points. The first is that I'm dishonest when I criticize his post by ...
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Is He Kidding?

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One of our summer interns attends the University of Michigan. He emailed me a couple of links to college courses he says are offered there. Here's one of them: How to be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation. The question I ...
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World Trade Center Movie Review

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National Center Research Associate Nick Cheolas attended an advance screening of the new Oliver Stone film "World Trade Center," and found it remarkably clear of the controversial politics that often characterize Stone's films. Says Nick: Oliver Stone is certainly no ...
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A Sample of Our Climate Change Mail

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A sample of a typical letter we receive on global warming (except it is unusually polite): Do you really believe that the educated public can't see the changes taking place before our own eyes? Money and politics won't matter when ...
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Medicare for All? No Thanks, Part III

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The latest on the "Medicare for All" conversation between our David Hogberg and Alternet's Joshua Holland: Joshua Holland argues in favor of "opening up the Medicare program to anyone who wants to enroll." He argues that such a system would ...
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Energy Realities

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As the Senate debates offshore drilling legislation, senior fellow Dana Gattuso says Americans -- "even with gas prices rising and Chicken Little-like speculations that we're tapping out supplies" -- are not quite ready to quit their oil habit. What's more, ...
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Hockey Stick Hearings — This Time, It’s Personal

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The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold its second hearing in two weeks on the so-called "hockey stick" temperature studies at 2 PM Eastern today. A live feed is promised. The hearing has ...
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