Last Christmas, I read Michael Crichton’s latest book State of Fear. It is a techno thriller designed to “out” the politics of global warming. He does a great job of showing how the political and media elite manipulate the public fears of a looming climate crisis so as to maintain control of the public agenda.

As a postscript, Crichton states: “I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”...   more »