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More Fear-Mongering Alarmism from the Useless DHS

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The head of the Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, went about on Sunday Talk Shows talking about the dire consequences of de-funding the DHS. Apparently, if we defund the DHS, we might as well stop going to the mall: “I would say that, if anyone is planning to go to the Mall of America […]

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Journalism Gets No Respect, Poll Says

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 34 Comments

According to a recent Pew poll, respect for the contributions of journalists to society has sunk considerably since 2009, dipping especially low among women. I wonder why. In an article I wrote on the fallacy of consensus science, I quoted from Michael Crichton’s brilliant 2003 lecture “Aliens Cause Global Warming” about the deterioration of journalism […]

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