Yesterday The Australian ran one of the best examples of why we should all be extremely cynical about the role the media play in presenting important public issues. In the column Cut and Paste (a daily editorial section that quotes other sources) was the following observation on global warming: Climate change skepticism is growing in [...]

Back in June I wrote about the way French Theory could be used to undermine evidence. I received a challenge among the comments to provide some evidence for this. Well, at the time, I didn’t have much evidence (as I thought I had made clear), but now a small aliquot has arrived courtesy of Arts [...]

Under Rupert Murdoch’s stewardship, The Wall Street Journal op-ed section (although not necessarily its primary reporting) has slid from a mercantilist-conservative newspaper to an insane right-wing pamphlet flecked with the froth of ranting imbeciles. I nearly wrote about this back in June when the increasingly aggravating Arts and Letters Daily recommended a WSJ op-ed piece, [...]