Speaking truth to power is the essential responsibiity of the journalist, and it's no less important if it is funny. Satire, when combined with accurate reporting, can be powerful political journalism, which this is. I can't imagine any Comedy Central viewers so unsophisticated that they can't recognize that the cut-up collage of Presidential news clips was created to make a point, even to the point of distorting what the Presidents were trying to say. There is little dispute that eight US Presidents were recorded saying that they would lead the US into energy dependence. At the end, the true enumeration of the environmental policies put into place by Richard Nixon make a point about how far to the right American political ... More »

It provides a story that educates readers about how nuclear fission works

He succinctly and simply explains the business reasons and the science underlying prediction markets. I would expect as much -- he wrote the book on "The Wisdom of Crowds."

This is very one-sided and does not present the story of the attack on Rumsfield by 5 generals that the generals cited in the article are defending against. It says nothing about the issues they raised about the planning and conduct of the Iraq war.

Balanced, with quotes from authentic experts on all sides of the debate; shows the big picture in regard to regulation, history, technology. Accurately describes wikipedia phenomenon and process