Politics and other nightmares

Most studies need to be taken with a grain of salt. This one needs a whole shaker full:

The religion of climate change explained:

The sky is always falling. If the new ice age doesn’t do us in, the ozone hole will. The instant DDT is banned, aerosols must follow. Global warming is replaced by climate change is replaced by “global weirding.”

Eat your peas and carrots, and put down those damn white potatoes:

The Daily Beast, of all places, asks the most interesting question of the day: Were Christians right about gay marriage all along?

What if gay marriage really will change the institution of marriage, shifting conceptions around monogamy and intimacy? On the other hand, what if the domesticating institution of marriage changes—and even erases—the more libertine tendencies of gay culture?

In this very interesting poll, a majority of Americans say a child born outside the U.S. to one American citizen is not a "natural born" citizen. That percentage is likely to change, though:

I generally agree with the critics of President Obama's "egg-timer strategy" in drawing down troops in Afghanistan:

The only thing that should inform the decision are conditions on the ground: The capacity of the Taliban to wage war and the capabilities of the Afghan national security forces to wage war right back at them.

How about a little old-fashioned battle of the sexes?

So what should we talk about today? The president's foreigh policy?

President Obama is proud of ending America's foreign wars, but there is a growing chorus of criticism of a foreign policy that to some looks vapid and weak.

Or how about his domestic agenda?

When the Chipotle chain announced its intended gun ban by saying the sight of law-abiding citizens carrying guns caused customers "anxiety and discomfort," Breitbart News reacted with this:

We've all heard about prison inmates getting things a lot of law-abiding Americans can't afford, such as a college education. This little nugget is especially galling:

Al Qaeda detainees get better medical treatment than our veterans.

Say what?