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Category: Conservatives and Science
Posted on: March 21, 2009 5:09 PM, by Chris C. Mooney
My oped is second only to a roundup of business news, as of 4 pm ET. See here.
The op-ed has generated some 440 comments, too, at last count. I wonder if we will hear anything further from Mr. Will....
UPDATE: Scratch that, as of 7 ET, it is the number one article on the website....
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If George Will doesn't respond to you after this, he's proven himself to be a coward.
Posted by: The Science Pundit | March 21, 2009 9:34 PM
Congrats, Chris! Very well written response. Thanks so much for putting forth the effort even though it seemed like there wasn't much of a chance that it would be published.
Posted by: egbooth | March 21, 2009 10:39 PM
It seems all those congratulations you received before it was published were deserved. (Although you were right to urge people to not judge your article before reading it.)
Posted by: llewelly | March 22, 2009 2:17 AM
Congratulations. It's a well written article, and reflects one of your qualities which I like; your reasonableness and ability to criticize without ad hominem attacks or extreme statements. Although I am sure that by now, and especially given the titles of your books, they have already painted you as a flag-waving leftists. Mission accomplished I say.
Posted by: Ashutosh | March 22, 2009 9:02 AM
Based on the comments, I should also say you now need to buckle up for some hate mail (assuming you have not already received it)
Posted by: Ashutosh | March 22, 2009 9:07 AM
Congratulations Chris. I do hope, however, that not many people will read the comments, because the ones on the last page, at this hour (Sunday 11.30 am) are pretty depressing. A lot of those people have a lot of time on their hands, apparently...
Posted by: Pascal Lapointe | March 22, 2009 11:46 AM
Have you read the Nature article on the state and decline of science journalism? Sadly it does not seem to quote you
Posted by: Ashutosh | March 22, 2009 5:53 PM
Nice job, Chris. The comments on the WaPo site can indeed be depressing, but it's not completely one-sided: I and some others have done our best in your defense. It's not easy being green.
I only wish it hadn't taken the Post over a month to do this. Very disappointing, for what was once a great paper.
Posted by: Chris Dunford | March 22, 2009 5:58 PM