As if his less than stellar performance in the most recent Republican primary debate wasn't enough, it appears that a slew of right-wing media luvvies are turning against - or to be more accurate, were never really for and are now coming out publicly against - the former Speaker and pet Republican firebrand. Politico reports on the Campaign Against Newt, and also carry a fascinating report on the ...

With a whoop and a holler the Guardian reports that Bjorn Lomborg's climate sceptic think tank is to close. Before anyone tells me, yes I know that "climate sceptic" is not a good description of Lomborg's opinions. The article itself is more accurate. It seems the Danish government cut off funding: ... Denmark's general election last year ushered in a new administration less keen to...

An interesting if somewhat sickening story to start off the New Year.. One of the big surprise stories surfacing is that the 'Palestinians' have finally agreed to begin negotiations with Israel without any preconditions, although they're very careful to label them as 'talks about talks' rather than any actual negotiations. That's probably accurate, since it's alm...

I should make a declaration of interest here: I have taken Press TV’s shilling. Did a few pieces with them when I was working in London. So, that said: If the clerical state bought British newspapers or set up websites, I would not call for regulators to compel them to be accurate and impartial, and

The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment claimed that ‘there is strong evidence’ of sea level rising over the last few decades. It goes as far as to claim: ‘Satellite observations available since the early 1990s provide more accurate sea level data with nearly global coverage. This decade-long satellite altimetry data set shows that since 1993, sea level has been rising...

Military Times has a six-part series of articles up on what they call The Secret War in Africa. It is a provocatively named series, and technically accurate as what the series has done to date is reveal the unknown details of previously reported but never detailed military activities in Africa - mostly Somalia. The 6th article is expected next week. This is the 5th article in the series, and it in...

This is both unfair and hilariously accurate.

Matthew Illsely, reader of this blog (and thus, of course, a good guy) has a thriller out on Kindle. More Dangerous State than Courageous and quite probably with more accurate economics in it. It’s not about economics, of course, it’s a thriller. Not that having more “accurate economics” is going to be difficult. The Pogo

Great coach be damned, his first responsibility was to watch out for the children! If the details as they have become known are accurate then was there any choice for Penn State but to fire Joe Paterno immediately? In 2002 Mike McQueary, then graduate assistant, told Joe Paterno that he saw defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky molesting a child in the locker room showers. Joe Paterno simply kicked...

The war taking place in east Africa is very difficult to follow through the media, indeed without good background on events it might be impossible to get an accurate picture on any given day - although there are several great summery articles like this one every few days. Several reporters from news agencies across the globe are struggling to follow unfolding events due to the confusion and chaos ...