This Week's Links

News:

• Contraception Foe Named to Contraception Post (Wall Street Journal)
• Earmark Promoting Creationism in Louisiana to Be Removed From Federal Appropriations Bill (Americans United)
• Faith-Based Prisons Multiply (USA Today)
• Nobel Winner in 'Racist' Claim Row (CNN)

Editorial:

• Michael Mann and Gavin Schmidt, Convenient Untruths (RealClimate)
• Chris Mooney, Dr. President (Seed)
• Kalee Kreider, An Inconvenient Truth: Team Gore Responds (The Washington Post)
• Kill King Corn (Nature)
• Glen Greenwald, The Truth About Telecom Amnesty (Salon)
• Steven Pinker, What the F***? (The New Republic)
• Susan Stryker, Why the T in LGBT is here to stay (Salon)