Tag: skepticism

Why the recent increase in belief in global warming isn’t good news for science

Dec 17, 2012

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mwkruse

in Environment, Public Policy, Science, Sociology, Trends: Social

Results of an Associated Press – GfK poll about climate change was reported last Thursday (AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming): WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing majority of Americans think global warming is occurring, that it will become a serious problem and that the U.S. government should do something about it, a new…
What a Fearful World Needs

Jan 16, 2008

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by

mwkruse

in Culture, Environment, Human Progress, Politics, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

ZeNIT: What a Fearful World Needs (HT: Kevin Schmiesing) Pope Extols a Key Virtue for an Angst-Filled Society ROME, JAN. 13, 2008 (Zenit.org).- In a timely message for the New Year, Benedict XVI urged the world to rediscover the Christian virtue of hope. In his homily during the Dec. 31 vespers to mark the end…