Knowing How to Pick a Fight

For decades, right-wing commentators have heaped abuse on Paul Ehrlich. He has been derided as a “stupendously bad prophet” by the Wall Street Journal, “always wrong” by Investor’s Business Daily, a “doom-monger” by the Hoover Institution.

When I repeat some of these characterizations to Ehrlich over lunch at a Palo Alto cafe, he laughs. “I don’t give a shit what people like Ann Coulter think of me,” he says. The opinions that ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Doug Greer - Nov 14, 2009 - 1:39 PM PST
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The brownlash has succeeded in distracting the public from scientifically derived conclusions, Ehrlich says. “People in the media often think that if two scientists ... More »

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