When the Lancet study first came out, I argued that conservatives couldn't just criticize--they had to offer their own alternative, credible numbers for the civilian death toll. Matt Yglesias goes one further: why not a second study using credible methods of which conservatives approve?
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Ed Brayton describes the support of intelligent design creationism by the Republican candidate for governor of Michigan. Says the hopeful candidate:
Blogger Mike Stark recently debated Myron Ebell about global warming.
When you produce results you gain credibility. When you have credibility, you will have an easier time producing results.
- Brian Koslow
In response to my first entry on Steve Fuller's essay on Chris Mooney's book, The R
Les Roberts had a simple suggestion, which he addressed to the press corps: visit a sample of graveyards and check how many bodies were buried each year. So far, no journalist has shown much enthusiasm.
like there isn't a whole bunch of iraqis dead.