Round Two (part 2) with libertarians on global warming
Here's Rossputin's response to my recent post on climate change. This statement stands out for me: There is probably an atmospheric data set we could [...]
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Round Two with libertarians on global warming
About two years ago I had a back-and-forth on climate change with libertarian blogger Rossputin, the Cato Institute's Jerry Taylor, and the Heartland Institute's James [...]
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C’mon, Bill G, you’re smarter than this!
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The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle. Wow, this article sure makes it look like there was a cover-up. And if there [...]
BGI exam info winter 2010
First exam (please use a calculator!) Here is the cheat sheet (which as an added bonus also includes an old exam). The exam will cover [...]