From The New York Times to The Guardian, commentators who have always felt instinctively better than the rabble could now claim scientific proof it was true. The study shows conservatism is “the refuge of the dim”, British columnist George Monbiot said.

Abraham’s calm and cerebral response took the form of an 83-minute video that he made available on the web in late May 2010. And there the point-by-point rebuttal sat for some weeks, for the most part unnoticed. That changed, and dramatically so, when...

Monbiot's decision to hang his article on rightwing populism on a study that claims to prove "scientifically" that conservatives are less "intelligent" than liberals was, frankly, not very intelligent (Comment, 7 February). Evidently George needs to...

And to help the story along George Monbiot adds his "analysis" (2 February), with the totally misleading statement that we are confronted with a choice between gas and coal, or nuclear power. Renewables, dear George, renewables. Jim McCluskey...

Monbiot: showing the authoritarianism of the new Left George Monbiot’s column in yesterday’s Guardian confirms that the worst traits of the old authoritarian Right have now been adopted by the so-called Left. In arguing that it is an “empirical fact”...

I saw this ad during the game, my impression was: ‘Wow, the best possible ad possible for Obama.” Not only that, but I’ve heard that the number of viewers waa s new record. (On a different but not unrelated subject) “It’s turkeys all the way down.” ...