The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

The Pill at 50: Unhappy Un-Birthday

The 50th anniversary of The Pill — oral contraceptives were first marketed in May 1960 — has resulted in a good deal of thoughtless journalism. Gail Collins spins a wondrous myth of The Pill as the pharmaceutical sunshine of a sexual-scientific enlightenment.  The Associated Press calls The Pill “America’s favorite birth control method,” which is not true: Female Sterilization is the […]

Bob Belvedere Cancels Peru Trip

The Camp of the Saints blogger had been planning an expedition — a mission of mercy — to the rural village where Julia Manihauri lived: A Peruvian mother of four was trapped in her bed for six months because of her giant breasts. Julia Manihuari’s chest grew to a gigantic N cup after the birth of […]

Science Explains a Mystery

Where did Troglopundit come from? Neanderthals mated with some modern humans after all and left their imprint in the human genome, a team of biologists has reported in the first detailed analysis of the Neanderthal genetic sequence. No comment from Troglopundit, yet. He’s seeking scientific confirmation that Sean Hackbarth shares DNA with the bonobo.

‘Trust Us, We’re Experts!’

Another triumph of expertise: The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information. Colleagues say that the reason Professor Phil Jones has refused Freedom of Information requests is that he may have actually […]

Evolution, Anthropogenic Global Warming and Other Non-Falsifiable Theories

Michael Walsh at Big Journalism takes on MSNBC’s bizarre claim that the D.C. blizzard proves that climate-change skeptics are wrong: MSNBC apparently borrowed their talking points from the New York Times which, as Walsh notes, invoked the authority of “most climate scientists” for the assertion that climate change caused the massive snowstorm. Even before we learned of the […]

First ‘ClimateGate,’ Now This: Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow

The global warming “consensus” can’t possibly survive: PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – An American groundhog delivered his annual weather prediction on Tuesday, declaring that there will be six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow. The science is settled. Don’t be a Groundhog Day denier. UPDATE: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims the groundhog is being […]

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