Feministe (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Packer Get Religion Greg Mankiw Hot Air Jeffrey Goldberg Jim Geraghty Keith Hennessey Kevin Drum Marc Ambinder Mark Shea Matthew Yglesias Megan McArdle Mickey Kaus Ordinary [...]
Phronesisaical (Free subscription) | yesterday
Even if you take away everything the scientists who wrote the hacked e-mails have contributed, you still have overwhelming evidence of anthropogenic global warming . Marc Ambinder fisks Sarah Palin's Washington Post op-ed. More on that Tamiflu study. I can barely keep up with Climate Progress , which has a lot of stuff worth reading. RealClimate too.
Newshoggers (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Steve Hynd Thanks to Marc Ambinder for posting the comprehensive takedown of Sarah Palin's ghost-written climate change op-ed in the Washington Post today. Truly, as one of Marc's commenters notes, the only thing to be said in Dubya's favor is that he's smarter than Sarah. But there's one thing in the ghost-Palin piece that puzzles me. Her admission that...
Later On (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Washington Post seems to be moving toward an opinion section written totally by troglodytes. Today, Sarah Palin. Marc Ambinder takes a look at the many errors in her column: Once again, the Washington Post has given Sarah Palin the chance to harness herself to the political story of the hour. The former Alaska governor has [...]
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday
... points in turn. For example, following her reference to changing the weather, reporter Marc Ambinder writes, “A classic conflation here of ‘weather’ and climate; it’s ridiculous to try and change the weather, of course… What the Copenhagen negotiators want to change is humanity’s contribution to global climate change. Two different things.”...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday
As The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder notes, “Once again, the Washington Post has given Sarah Palin the chance to harness herself to the political story of the hour” by publishing her op-ed today urging President Obama to boycott the Copenhagen climate change conference because of the exaggerated controversy over the “Climategate” hacked e-mails. On its homepage,...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sarah Palin says President Obama should boycott Copenhagen because the Climategate emails cast doubt on climate change—and Marc Ambinder in the Atlantic shoots back at Palin's Washington Post editorial line by line. His translations of her key points: Palin: "radical environmental movement." Ambinder: "overwhelming scientific consensus."
The Reaction (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and refers to the supposed "agenda-driven policies" at Copenhagen. Thankfully, Marc Ambinder has performed an invaluable service in providing an annotated rebuttal to Palin's op-ed. Read it in full. His key points (with my comments) include: -- "By 'radical,' Palin means the overwhelming scientific consensus... The global warming consensus minus the East Anglia contributions...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | yesterday
... points in turn. For example, following her reference to changing the weather, reporter Marc Ambinder writes, “A classic conflation here of ‘weather’ and climate; it’s ridiculous to try and change the weather, of course… What the Copenhagen negotiators want to change is humanity’s contribution to global climate change. Two different things.”...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to demonstrate to editors that they can meet a certain standard of reality. The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder, a straight reporter with no slant, demolishes Palin's op-ed here and makes the case that no such standards were remotely met. And meanwhile, in re Copenhagen, did you see where GOP Senator/climate denialist Jim Inhofe and a few other GOP solons are going to Copenhagen with the...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
... He added later, "I agree she's relevant and boycott call is news." The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder begged to differ with Smith's latter point. "Her boycott call is like a video press release," he wrote . "She's looking for a way to inject herself into this and found it." Ambinder published a critical "annotated" version of Palin's piece,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... He added later, "I agree she's relevant and boycott call is news." The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder begged to differ with Smith's latter point. "Her boycott call is like a video press release," he wrote . "She's looking for a way to inject herself into this and found it." Ambinder published a critical "annotated" version of Palin's piece,...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The Financial Times notes that a new ruling issued by the Environmental Protection Agency today finds "that carbon dioxide and five other gases pose a danger to human health clears the way for the agency to regulate emissions from large industrial sources without waiting for legislation from Congress." Marc Ambinder : "Having 'found' that CO2 is a 'public danger,' and having...
Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Marc Ambinder is right. Baucus' little bit of fun and sleaze is a distraction Senate Democrats don't need at all.... They need Baucus to be a spokesperson for his bill. Now, they're going to have to figure out a way...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Erik, Prince Of Spies By Marc Ambinder Dec 2 2009, 10:56 am Courtesy Of The Atlantic Magazine In a new Vanity Fair article , Blackwater CEO Erik Prince fashions himself as a swashbuckling Wild Bill Donovan recruited by the CIA to pull off the toughest, most clandestine operations. He comes off as vain and insecure. But if his account is correct, it rips open a closed package of secrets....
