Some good reading

Today's DotEarth blog in the NY Times described a row between two statisticians, and the way that controversies at the edges of science progress don't actually cast the basic science in doubt but still get more attention than they deserve in the popular press.  Plus they are used by "doubters" to spread the idea that the science is not settled.  The blog mentioned two pieces worth looking at: "More Knowledge, Less Certainty," and "Beyond Climate Change: Reframing the dialogue over environmental issues."