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A Summary of Current Climate Change Findings and Figures
Source: World Meteorological Organization “There is a strong scientific consensus that the global climate is changing and that human activity contributes significantly. This consensus is attested to by a joint statement signed in 2005 by 11 of the world’s leading … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Health, Science
Tagged climate change, evidence, human activity, peer-reviewed, science
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GOP Opposed Congressional Research Service Study Returns Like Lazarus
Congressional Republicans didn’t like the conclusion of “Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top Tax Rates Since 1945” so they pressured the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service to withdraw it. The GOP didn’t like the study’s conclusion that there … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Science, Socio-economic Status, Taxes
Tagged capital gains, economic growth, economy, evidence, GOP, investment, marginal tax rates, productivity, savings, supply-side economics, tax cits, trickle-down economics. science
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Anti-Fact Ideology Confronts Reality: Is It a Teachable Moment?
Does the Nate Silver experience provide a teachable moment for Fox News viewers? Recall Silver was pilloried by the right-wing because his analysis demonstrated that President Obama had over a 90% probability of winning the election. In the Fox News anti-fact … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Economy, Elections, Science
Tagged anti-fact, anti-intellectual, anti-science, culture, Enlightenment, evidence, Fox News, ideology, Limbaugh, polls, science
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Why I Believe Journalism Too Often Fails Us
In short, too often journalists don’t ask a follow-up question. When President Obama claims he’s created 5 million jobs, the journalist should ask, where’s the evidence for that claim? When Governor Romney claims his tax cut proposal, weighted most favorably … Continue reading
Debunking the Conspiracy Theory of Rigged Unemployment Rates
Update: I have corrected the number of times the unemployment rate has changed 0.30% points since the original post. The count moved from five times to eight times. __________________________________________ Conspiracy theorists are having a manic attack on the Bureau of Labor … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Science
Tagged BLS, conspiracy, economy, evidence, ideology, science, unemployment rate
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Are Conservatives More Distrustful of Science?
In 2005 Chris Mooney in The Republican War on Science asserted that conservatives have increasingly been distrustful of science. This distrust emanates from two groups within the conservative movement, the religious right and transnational corporations.The religious right, according to Mooney, … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged conservatives, corporations, evidence, facts, liberals, politicization thesis, right-wing, science, trust
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Wanted: Politicians Who Tell the Truth
Is it possible to have presidential campaign debates based on facts instead of distortion, inaccuracies and downright mendacity? I’ve been listening to and reading statements of Republican candidates which don’t align with the facts. I’ll admit it might be old … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Taxes
Tagged distortions, evidence, GOP, lies, presidential debates, truth
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