Denialism

Author: Chris

  • Let’s Just Hope There’s No Lead in Your Toys Until 2010

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    The toy companies that moved their production to China in order to save money apparently didn’t calculate the full costs of offshoring. Testing their products for lead is just too expensive, they argue. They have successfully lobbied to delay lead testing rules for children’s toys. Joseph Pereira and Melanie Trottman of the Journal report: Under…

  • SF Chron: Ignore the Anti-Abortion Protestors

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    In good Denialism blog form, the San Francisco Chronicle’s C. W. Nevius has urged readers to just ignore this week’s anti-abortion protest in San Francisco. He makes a good point: This is the fifth year in San Francisco for the “Walk for Life.” Bolstered by supporters who are bused in from all over – this…

  • Patrick McGoohan, Creator of The Prisoner, Dead at 80

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    “All that remains is . . . recognition of a man.” Patrick McGoohan, the creator of one of my favorite television series, The Prisoner, has died at 80. The Prisoner was a challenging and entertaining series that explored civil liberties, privacy, individuality, and democracy. My favorite episodes were Free for All and A Change of…

  • The Beautiful Truth

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    Guess what? A natural therapy can cure cancer, but evil doctors don’t want to tell you about it, because the medical establishment wants to make money with Mosanto and Dupont rather than cure your illnesses! Watch all about it. Update: Sorry, I missed Orac’s successful attack on this thing. Thanks Science Pundit, for pointing it…

  • The Ayn Rand Deprogrammer: A More Twisted Crime and Punishment

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    Sciblings, I really appreciate all of the suggested texts submitted for the Ayn Rand Deprogrammer. If you visit the comment thread, you’ll see that the inevitable happened: Objectivists tried to hijack the discussion. I say ignore them. Eyes on the prize: a solid Ayn Rand Deprogrammer. Any distraction will slow us down, and delay publication…

  • 6 Cases of Shameless False Advertising

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    are brought to you by mental floss. HT to Rebecca Tushnet via Frank Pasquale.

  • Berkeley Releases Study on San Francisco Cameras

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    I am really proud of my colleagues here at UC Berkeley for performing a first of its kind (in the US) study of the efficacy of police surveillance cameras. Its findings are limited to San Francisco’s system, but it is valuable in thinking through whether and how surveillance cameras should be implemented. I have to…

  • The Ayn Rand Deprogrammer: Submissions Solicited

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    Sciblings, I request your assistance in an important venture. I recently learned that Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead was a top read among UC Berkeley undergrads in 1987 and 1997. This dismaying fact drove me to start assembling a reader, The Ayn Rand Deprogrammer. I’ve spent the last several weeks reviewing possible texts for this important…

  • It’s Just Crazytalk in the Journal

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    If you want to get an idea of how crazy the Wall Street Journal editorial board is, read Friday’s oped by their senior economist, Stephen Moore. The title itself says a lot: ‘Atlas Shrugged’: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years.” Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to…

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