In "Testing, testing..." author Umberto Echo defends science and scientific reasoning: "It is not science that is responsible for atomic weapons, the hole in the ozone layer, global warming and so on: if anything, science is that branch of knowledge that is still capable of warning us of the risks we run when, even in applying its principles, we put our trust in irresponsible technologies."

" . . . heaven forbid that a newspaper's reporting should become part of a political battle." Thus Richard Blow in "The New York Times vs. Michael Moore" at AlterNet.

"The McCain-Bush conflict has been one of the most-watched soap operas in Washington . . ." From "The Bush-McCain Face-Off" at AllterNet.