Meltdown of the climate 'consensus' - NYPOST.com

Meltdown of the climate 'consensus' - NYPOST.com: "Overall, the IAC slammed the IPCC for reporting 'high confidence in some statements for which there is little evidence. Furthermore, by making vague statements that were difficult to refute, authors were able to attach 'high confidence' to the statements.' The critics note 'many such statements that are not supported sufficiently in the literature, not put into perspective or not expressed clearly."

Shortage of science grads feared

"Fifteen leaders in government, education and some of the largest companies in the country expressed alarm here Monday because of the likelihood that Asians and other non-Americans would fill pending vacancies in science- and math-related professions... The panel, which also included leaders of Shell, Xerox, Ford, Lockheed Martin, Verizon Telecom and NASA, brainstormed ideas on how to encourage youths to pursue careers defined by equations and numbers."
Jesse Bogan
San Antonio Express-News
9/25/2006

Uncomfortable Genes

"The Wall Street Journal caved in to irrational opponents of biotechnology."
By Henry I. Miller
National Review
October 2, 2006

Internet freedom reigns in Amsterdam�

Amsterdam has the world's busiest Internet exchange, thanks to nuclear physicists and mathematicians who in the 1980s connected their network needs with the academic belief that knowledge needs to be free.
By Lucas van Grinsven
Reuters
Sep 30, 2006

Let Them Eat Precaution

"What the WTO Decision on GMOs Really Means"
By �Jon Entine
AEI / Ethical Corporation
Tuesday, April 4, 2006

The Bottom of the Pay Scale

"On average, applications for H-1B workers in computer occupations were for wages $13,000 less than Americans in the same occupation and state."
By John Miano
Center for Immigration Studies
December 2005

The Media and Reporting on the Environment

"Companies like The New York Times, Gannett, Tribune, ABC, CBS and NBC have donated more than a half-billion worth of ad space since the 1990s to raise money for some of the nation's most extreme environmental groups. And yes, that was billion with a B."
By David Mastio
RealClearPolitics
April 05, 2006

Jobs: Worst pay for the investment

"A career with one of the most disproportionate ratios of training to pay is that of academic research scientist."
By Jeanne Sahadi
Money
August 17, 2005

Exaggerating Dire 'Scientific' Warnings

By John Stossel
RealClearPolitics
April 12, 2006

Follow the drug war money

"This is the story of two drugs. The first, dexfenfluramine, was the active ingredient in the weight loss drug Redux. Although it was available in the U.S. and Canada for only about 18 months, it killed hundreds of people, and severely injured thousands more.
The second is marijuana. Over the past several decades, tens of millions of people across North America have used this drug regularly. It has, as far as anybody knows, killed no one."
Paul Campos
Rocky Mountain News
April 25, 2006