[Benrand]

he really is good. I thought he was more a pop writer, but there is a depth to his writing that is really good. I love this excerpt. I have always cast a suspicious eye towards this magazine.

Worst of all was the behavior of the Scientific American, which seemed intent on proving the post-modernist point that it was all about power, not facts. The Scientific American attacked Lomborg for eleven pages, yet only came up with nine factual errors despite their assertion that the book was "rife with careless mistakes." It was a poor display featuring vicious ad hominem attacks, including comparing him to a Holocust denier. The issue was captioned: "Science defends itself against the Skeptical Environmentalist." Really. Science has to defend itself? Is this what we have come to?

[Benrand]

When Lomborg asked for space to rebut his critics, he was given only a page and a half. When he said it wasn't enough, he put the critics' essays on his web page and answered them in detail. Scientific American threatened copyright infringement and made him take the pages down.

[Nataku X]

I thought one of his books was basically a mouthpiece to legalize abortion...

[dhuffman@awod.com]

I have long since cancelled my twenty-five year old SA subscription.

[Constantine XIII]

Yeah, SA has mutated into a monthly package of political screeds with a little science thrown in for flavor. I switched to Physics Today and Astronomy to get my science fix. Good stuff!