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17 Jan 2008, 4:26 am
JOHN TIERNEY ON FEAR OF TERRORISM: The problem, of course, is that there's no real way to establish what's a "proper" or "rational" level of fear, because terrorism -- unlike, say, hurricanes or cancer -- isn't the product of extraneous causes but of human agency. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 7:03 pm
And speaking of weather alarmism, John Tierney has some thoughts: "It would be nice to think that we, unlike the ancients who propitiated the gods with human sacrifices, could accept the fact that itâ € â„¢s natural for unusual weather to occur â € â [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 5:28 am
Daniel Hannan takes on the issue of the so-called 'obesity epidemic' while John Tierney predicts more spurious climate change alarm in 2008. [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 4:39 am
This John Tierney Science Times column on global warming isn't as off-topic as it may seem. [read post]
30 Dec 2007, 7:36 pm
JOHN TIERNEY on the proposed Science Debate 2008: "I canâ € ™t imagine the candidatesâ € ™ handlers are happy with this prospect, given how much extra work it would mean for them in bringing the candidates up to speed. [read post]
23 Dec 2007, 2:17 pm
JOHN TIERNEY: Smart elevators, dumb people. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 2:22 pm
JOHN TIERNEY: Contrarians at Bali: "We always need contrarians to challenge orthrodoxy, so itâ € ™s good to see a few scientists raising questions about the established wisdom at the Bali conference on climate. [read post]
15 Dec 2007, 7:09 pm
"Sending people to prison for five or 10 or 15 years for looking at pictures is killing an ant with a sledgehammer," said Peter Greenspun, who defended Charles Rust-Tierney, the former ACLU head sentenced to seven years in prison for downloading hundreds of images. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 6:50 am
John Tierney looks at aging Boomers, declining eyesight, and the future of smart cars: "Smart cars will never be infallible, but they donâ € ™t have to be. [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 4:15 pm
JOHN TIERNEY: Whoâ € ™s Afraid of â € œSoulless Scientismâ €  [read post]
18 Nov 2007, 7:08 pm
JOHN TIERNEY: "The keepers of bioethics are even more alarmed than usual now that scientists have reported cloning a monkey embryo and extracting stem cells. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 9:07 pm
" [Larry Bodine; Karen Donovan, Portfolio ("cheesiest"); ABA Journal] That big campaign by bossy public health groups and tobacco-suit veterans for legal restrictions on fat in the American diet is still with us, even as its scientific credibility falters [Tierney, NYT] "1,700 Connecticut Attorneys Suspended Over $110 Bill" -- now that sounds like a bargain [ABA Journal] Blackwater meets Elmer Gantry? [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 8:00 pm
JOHN TIERNEY: Is nutrition science really science? [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 11:45 am
[CA-32] - 10/16/2007 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 10/24/2007 Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 7/30/2007 Rep Tierney, John F. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 8:57 am
[CA-32] - 10/16/2007 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 10/24/2007 Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 7/30/2007 Rep Tierney, John F. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 8:56 am
JOHN TIERNEY HAS THOUGHTS ON PEOPLE talking nasty on the Net. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 8:37 am
Here are a few reviews and discussions of The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet: * Mark Williams reviews the book at MIT's Technology Review * John Tierney discusses the book and online gossip at Tierney Lab blog at the NY Times * Kathleen Fitzpatrick has review at BarnesandNoble.com * Taran Rampersad has this review at his blog, KnowProSE.com * Frank Pasqaule reviews the book at Madisonian.net * David Freeman has this review at Pajamas… [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 7:16 am
JOHN TIERNEY ON the evolution of gossip. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 8:43 pm
FROM JOHN TIERNEY, an inconvenient question: I donâ € ™t want to dampen the celebration over Al Goreâ € ™s Nobel Peace Prize, but I wonder if this is, as they say, a â € œteachable moment. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 7:56 am
JOHN TIERNEY: Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus. [read post]
