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Los Angeles, CA (Nov. 27, 2007) -- "They are both examples of how science has been politicized," declares Holly Fretwell, author of the new kids book The Sky's Not Falling: Why It's OK to Chill about Global Warming (Kids Ahead Books, 0-9767269-4-7, for ages 8 and up, Sept. 2007) “Scaring people into believing something is not just dishonest, it’s disrespectful,” says Fretwell. “To create a better world, a better future, we should educate, not indoctrinate. Innovation comes from knowing the real state of the world.” "Think of how much money and time have been squandered based on inflated, scaremongering statistics...

THE ORDINARY NERVOUSNESS of investors and market watchers has been converted into advanced paranoia by the business media's preference for bad news. Consider this headline in the Wall Street Journal: "Economy's Surge Stirs Questions About When Slowdown May Come".Share prices are driven to a six-year high by rising corporate profits and commentators trot out stories about bubbles and irrational exuberance, the latter a phrase used by then-chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan to describe share prices--after which they doubled. Germany and Japan finally shake off their decades-long economic lethargy and show signs of recovery, and all talk is...