Thomas A. Shakely

Andrew Breitbart, the right’s bombastic publisher and polemical provocateur, continues to preside over a growing media empire. On July 4th, he launched “Big Peace”, the latest addition to his Breitbart.com network, including Big Government, Big Journalism, and Big Hollywood. And “Big Education,” promised in February, cannot come soon enough. (more)

Over Independence Day weekend, Penn State University released the findings of an internal faculty investigation of Dr. Michael E. Mann, one of the key researchers embroiled since last November in what has since become known simply as “climate gate.” Mr. Mann was cleared by his University’s committee of any serious violation of “accepted practices” in research and scholarship. (more)