SchansBlog: "science by consensus"

A great closing line in a letter to the editor by Ed Pacht in the May issue of Touchstone in response to Phillip Johnson's March article...

Science by consensus is no more than an inadequately grounded faith.

Pacht means to apply it to the Evolution/evolution debate. But the same could easily be said for many global warming adherents.

Australian Climate Madness: Climate nonsense from The Age

Anyone is entitled to plug the alarmist agenda in The Age, even war historians. When reading this, keep in mind that there has been no global warming since 2001...

Weather News - Where did Sydney's summer go?

About one week after western suburbs endured its hottest four-day heatwave in 37 years; Sydney is likely to be heading for it coolest February period in more than 50 years.

The city is in the middle of at least a week where the temperature stays below 25 degrees. The likely number of days is nine, with next Wednesday being the first day warmer than 25 since last Sunday.

This will make it the longest February stretch below 25 degrees since the 1950s.