WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for his depiction of global warming. Now, a jury is about to decide whether the comments were defamatory. Closing arguments were expected Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by Michael Mann, who rose […]
Any time people start fighting on the internet, someone will inevitably reach for the Hitler comparison. It’s a virtually unbreakable rule known as “Godwin’s law,” named after Mike Godwin, an early internet enthusiast who coined it back in 1990. It’s also understood that often the party mentioning Hitler or the Nazis is losing the argument, […]
From how we look to what we’ve got, it’s human nature to compare just about everything. And it’s never more obvious than at Christmas, when stacks of new stuff means comparison culture is rife – particularly among children and young people, who constantly compare themselves to their peers both face-to-face and on social media, and […]