Postmodern Justice

Apparently a lot of people believe that man-caused "global warming" or "climate change" will provoke catastrophe unless we "reduce our carbon footprint". I don't. The global warming "theory" is based on a 5-step chain of reasoning, with each link dependent on the validity of the link before. I don't accept a single one, for reasons that I'm glad to discuss. Here is the theory, as best as I understand it. 1. We know exactly what the earth's climate and average temperature would be like now and in the future, had mankind never begun putting CO2 into the atmosphere. 2. Assuming #1: Computer models are a reliable method of understanding and predicting global climate change.  3. Assuming #2: The earth's average temperature is higher, and will continue to get higher than it would otherwise have been, had mankind never begun putting CO2 into the atmosphere. 4. Assuming #3: If the earth's average temperature goes up by a

A brief history of the Constitutional dimensions of defamation, a discussion of George Zimmerman v. NBC, and a call for careful consideration   of the ability of national news organizations to confer “public figure” status, especially including their legal adversaries in defamation.   Introduction In December 2012 George Zimmerman filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC television and three of their news reporters / producers – Ron Allen, Lilia Rodriguez Luciano, and Jeff Burnside. Zimmerman alleged that the producers maliciously edited a recording of Zimmerman’s 911 call, falsely accused him of uttering a racial epithet, and falsely reported the facts of the Trayvon Martin shooting in such a way as to make Zimmerman appear that he racially targeted Martin and gunned him down in cold blood. Zimmerman alleged that this was done for the purpose of generating high television ratings.   The defamation action was stayed pending the outcome of the criminal trial against