Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Palin parries with Charles Gibson on climate change
“Show me where I have ever said that there’s absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.” Photo: Trica Ward In her first substantial interview with a news journalist since being picked as John McCain’s vice presidential candidate two weeks ago, […]
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A 9/11 SAT quiz
Hurricane Katrina is to global warming as 9/11 is to ________.
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Some Palin energy expertise
ABC has released some excerpts of its interview with Sarah Palin, which will air tonight and tomorrow night. Asked if it would be worth it to go to war with Russia over the invasion of Georgia: [Putin’s] mission, if it is to control energy supplies, also, coming from and through Russia, that’s a dangerous position […]
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SpeechWars
Via Treehugger, SpeechWars is indeed addictive. Enter any word and you can see how many times Obama and McCain have used it in their speeches over the last four years: The results are not always intuitive. Then again, some are:
