Clive James may have praised the need for scepticism with climate change, but that just proves him as a old sucker, not a sceptic, writes George Monbiot. Do old people think more positively about climate change effects because they are closer to death?
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Clive James: In praise of climate change scepticism
Climate sceptics are often likened to Holocaust deniers — but the two aren’t really analogous, says Clive James: the Holocaust actually happened, while the Earth still hasn’t been destroyed by global warming. A bit of scepticism is healthy for science and society.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Paul Kelly, John Howard and East Timor
Crikey readers weigh in on John Howard’s involvement in East Timor’s independence, the lobbyist to MP ratio and Senator Steve Fielding’s spelling.
Clive James gets it wrong on feminists, Muslims, Australians, you name it
Clive James has joined the chorus of voices railing against both Islam and Western feminists, in an article that champions two Australian “dissidents” — Pamela Bone and Helen Garner, writes Shakira Hussein.
Guy Rundle: A bag of douche
In this month’s Quadrant, David Free has an interesting take on Clive James’s latest collection of essays…
Guy Rundle: On the awfulness of Clive James
Australian Literary Review have published another whopper Clive James poem. His poetry is “self-parodic” and “depressingly bad” , sighs Guy Rundle.
