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Why Ari Fleischer Can't Count Properly (When Tweeting About President Obama)

September 25, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in cultural cognition, politics, select | 12 comments

https://seventhplanehealings.com/index.php/bio-well/ Lots of people are amused by this tweet from former Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer: Question to @gov: how come @BarackObama ‘s last tweet was more than 140 characters? Does he play by different rules??? — Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 24, 2013 Many are chortling that Fleischer has a math deficiency. Actually, I think the recent…Continue Reading…

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Making Sense of the Science Wars

January 3, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in atheism, climate policy, climate politics, science, select | No comments

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Inside Chris Mooney's Brain

March 27, 2012 by Keith Kloor | Filed in Chris Mooney, science | 415 comments

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Come Together

February 14, 2012 by Keith Kloor | Filed in politics | 33 comments

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The Costs of Tribalism

November 5, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, climate politics, politics | 61 comments

That is the title of this trenchant Kevin Drum post, which nails an unfortunate dynamic that is corroding U.S. politics and public debate. The first important point Drum makes is about the dangers of spending too much time on the web, where the loudest and most extreme voices actually do have a disproportionate influence sometimes….Continue Reading…

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How Low Will Ken Green Go?

September 29, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in Journalism, ken Green | 28 comments

https://interestingpsychology.com/10-common-dreams-about-crushes-and-what-they-really-mean/ Ken Green, the conservative AEI scholar who has been sparring with liberal science writer Chris Mooney over which political party is more anti-science, keeps digging himself a bigger hole. Yesterday, I called attention to the loaded language Green used to describe his political opponents. I also wasn’t very impressed with his sourcing. Via Twitter, Green…Continue Reading…

When the Ideologue Gets Ugly and Shrill

September 28, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in politics | 27 comments

You are what you eat, and you are what you say. Or put another way, the kind of person you are is revealed by the language and terms you use to characterize those whose politics or policies you disagree with. Ken Green tells me everything I need to know about him here, of which this…Continue Reading…

When the Crazies Make You Look Gutless

September 26, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in politics | 26 comments

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Who You Calling Anti-Science?

September 23, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in politics, science | 79 comments

https://www.munshinegroup.com/spring-cleaning/ Here’s the charge, from Chris Mooney: Political conservatives in the U.S. today have overwhelming problems with science. They reject, in large numbers, mainstream and accepted knowledge on fundamental things about humans and the planet”“evolution, global warming, to name a few. I also recently posted about how systematically conservatives undermine science with respect to reproductive health. And this is…Continue Reading…

That Solar Story

September 23, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in renewable energy, Solyndra | 17 comments

There’s a lot of teeth gnashing in green circles over the Solyndra fallout. Even if it wasn’t an election year, Republicans would be cynically milking the story for all it’s worth, and that spigot shows no sign of going dry anytime soon. Are they being hypocritical? Sure. You bet they are. But let’s at least be honest and…Continue Reading…

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