Waiting for Yglesias:

Once again, George Will has penned a global-warming-skeptic column in the Washington Post. Fave excerpt:

[Global] warming ... is allegedly occurring even though, according to statistics published by the World Meteorological Organization, there has not been a warmer year on record than 1998.

As Jon Chait observes:

... Will (again) cites the unusually hot year of 1998 to prove that the planet isn't warming. He fails to understand a very basic concept in data that you don't need any particular social science expertise to grasp, which is that trends don't always move in a perfectly straight line. The planet has been getting warmer, and there was an extreme spike in 1998. Both these things can be true.

But back to Will & Yglesias. Matt has been very critical of George and the Post for printing his "lies" (Matt's chacterization). And you know that sometime soon - hopefully today - Yglesias will write an entertaining post on this latest event.

This is one aspect of blogs that's lots of fun.

UPDATE: Yglesias delivers, but also says "I’m beyond caring what Will is thinking or doing here", which may mean less fireworks going forward.

Also, from the comments, a link to various slams on Will (h/t Hodge).


posted by Quiddity at 4/02/2009 10:33:00 AM