reading 1: Donald Wilhite’s “Drought: A Global Assessment”. Wilhite, in his introduction, clearly lays out the climate-societal vulnerability link: “Thus the incidence of drought could increase because of a change in the frequency of the physical event, a change in societal vulnerability to water shortages, or both.” reading 2: Via Roger Pielke the Younger, a …
I was feeling a little subversive yesterday morning when I posted Strunk and White’s advice for bloggers. It amused me. But since it drew such varied and amusing ripostes, it’s worth defending why I it struck me. At the risk of abusing S&W’s point, I do not think bloggers should not have and share opinions. …
Paul D. Thacker, in a New Republic piece, tags Steven Milloy, the “Junk Science” king, with the paid-pundit spray can, that so recently smeared our old friend Michael Fumento: But, whereas Scripps Howard fired Fumento and apologized to its readers, Fox News continues to look the other way as Milloy accepts corporate handouts. And it’s …
Strunk and White offer this advice for bloggers: Unless there is a good reason for its being there, do not inject opinion into a piece of writing. We all have opinions about almost everything, and the temptation to toss them in is great. To air one’s views gratuitously, however, is to imply that the demand …
From Fred Stutzman: The student, whose sexual orientation was known to administrators, and agreed to live a closeted life along the lines of a particularly draconian set of rules, was ultimately expelled when he chose to signify his interest in the same sex in the Facebook. (via dcm) (update: 12:30 p.m. MST – Fred seems …
More evidence that the British own this language and we’re just borrowing it for a bit. From New Scientist, the story of a chap “who confused his guests at a dinner party by apologising for an astringent apple-based dessert, saying:” This pie is a trifle tart.
Steve Lawrence Misses the Point.
drought watch: You have to squint to see it, but my favorite Snotel station, at Chamita up near the Colorado border, got 3 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. That’s about a third of an inch of snow water equivalent, which is not a whole lot, but is better than having a lit …
Our old friend Michael Fumento back in the day chastised me for being a lowly blogger while he was widely published in newspapers. No more. Tim Lambert points out that Scripps Howard, which used to carry Fumento’s column, has sacked the conservative pundit for writing about the glories of Monsanto’s biotechnology without disclosing that he …
It being epiphany, the easy-do parties lady has put away her Santa hat until next Christmas.