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The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen – streaming live at wnhnfm.org It’s The Attitude’s “You Gotta Read This” edition, prerecorded for each Friday. We read — so you don’t have to! This week, we feature: ” Wyoming doesn’t want its kids to learn about climate change,” by Ben Adler. Let’s briefly review the science on anthropogenic climate change: 97 percent of articles on the subject published in peer-reviewed scientific journals over two decades have agreed with the consensus that humans are causing global warming. Now, granted, climate change is a theory, in the same way that gravity is a theory: It is the framework that explains indisputable phenomena, in this case the Earth’s warming temperatures since the dawn of the Industrial Age. So it follows that, just as school textbooks teach students about gravity, they should teach them about climate change, right? Not if you live in Wyoming. http://grist.org/politics/wyoming-doesnt-want-its-kids-to-learn-about-climate-change/ Next is an article from 2012 in Scientific American by Scott Huler. According to North Carolina law, I am a billionaire. I have a full-time nanny for my children, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and I get to spend the entire year taking guitar lessons from Mark Knopfler. Oh, my avatar? I haven’t got around to changing it, but by law, I now look like George Clooney. There’s also a supermodel clause, but discussing the details would be boasting. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/ Arnie & Susan finish up with an article from the Des Moines Register written by The Attitude contributor, Dr. Politics Steffen Schmidt, and reading an article written by Susan and Arnie wondering “What If George W. Bush had Lost to Ann Richards.” All our articles are read by permission from the authors, the publishers, or both.
