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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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  • Beware the stupid, it burns

    Sens. Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe, chair and ranking minority member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, respectively, debate global warming on Larry King’s show. Warning: mild-to-intense discomfort may be experienced upon exposure. (via Hugg)

  • That’s it for me and industrial meat

    The other day I went to Costco with my older boy — during the Super Bowl, for stealth. It took a bit of persuading to get him there, so I told him about the ladies who stand around and hand out food samples. Everything was going fine. A mozzarella ball, yum. A little square of […]

  • TV’s the 800-pound gorilla

    Here’s a short but insightful clip on Variety.com wherein Al Gore discusses the utterly central role television plays in public opinion. I think some of us — I’m guilty as well — get caught up in the excitement when we see blogs and newspapers buzzing with a story or adopting a view. It’s easy to […]

  • Funnyish

    Here’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the IPCC report: