Tag Archive 'Scientists'

On the liberal penchant for elevating science to a religion

I always enjoy James Taranto’s writing.  Today, however, he wrote something almost transcendent about the liberal misunderstanding of science’s incredibly important role in a healthy, functioning modern society: The notion that conservatives or Republicans are “antiscience” is a liberal Democratic talking point of long standing, but what exactly does it mean? Largely it is an [...]

Another case of scientific fraud, this time involving costly pollution controls?

My post title is a bit of an exaggeration.  It’s not clear that the science is fraudulent.  It’s just clear that the scientist is fraudulent: A sweeping California regulation aimed at cutting hazardous pollution from diesel engine exhaust could be derailed after a key state researcher on the project was caught in a lie about [...]