Penn State’s Retreat from Academic Freedom

Free to Indoctrinate: The AAUP Applauds Penn State’s Retreat from Academic Freedom

Ashley Thorne and Steve Balch National Association of Scholars 12/14/2010

It was the one of the best institutional statements on academic freedom in the United States, according to David Horowitz. And now it’s about to be ruined.

Pennsylvania State University’s Policy HR64: Academic […]

Hip-checking Michael Mann

Barbara Hollingsworth Washington Examiner 8/18/2010

An academic paper soon to be published in the Annals of Applied Statistics by Northwestern statistician Blakeley McShane and the University of Pennsylvania’s Abraham Wyner completely demolishes Penn State climatologist Michael Mann’s infamous hockey stick graph, cited by environmental activists as “scientific proof” of man-made global warming.

Statistician William Briggs […]

Joe Bastardi Unloads On Penn State Corruption – Feels Betrayed

P. Gosselin NoTricksZone 14 August 2010

Anyone who reads this blog knows that meteorologist Joe Bastardi is one of my favorites. Yesterday he wrote a scathing piece at his European blog about his alma mater Penn State for the way it whitewashed the Michael Mann affair, and other things.

Joe Bastardi is a graduate of […]

Investigation reveals conflict of interest

Opinion Louis Lombardi Centre Daily Times 7/13/2010

…Over the years, Mann has brought in millions of dollars for the university through his research. For the university to come to any other conclusion than that he acted appropriately would be an admission that the university has been fleecing those who gave the money.

How would such […]

Catastrophism collapses

G20 leaders in Toronto tried to avoid the fate of colleagues felled by warming advocacy Lawrence Solomon Financial Post [CA] Commentary 7/2/2010

Last week’s G8 and G20 meetings in Toronto and its environs confirmed that the world’s leaders accept the demise of global-warming alarmism.

One year ago, the G8 talked tough about cutting global temperatures […]

Mann-made Climate Changes

Bethany Stotts Accuracy in Media 5/5/2010

Pennsylvania State University professor and climatologist Michael Mann recently threatened to sue a group for its video satire of his climate science entitled “Hide the Decline.”

The video, created by Minnesotans for Global Warming (M4GW) refers to an email from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit director, […]

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