An odd little dance is going on in Britain, where the forces of Politically Correct Science are defending their fast-losing cause in real climate science. The question is, incredibly, "Does the Sun matter in climate change?" David Whitehouse is probably to the top science correspondent in the UK, helped by the fact that he is a real scientist. (The others are political and media hacks, who are just afraid to buck the trendy Global Warming lobby). As an astronomer, Whitehouse is aware that the sun is the major "forcing factor," to use a favorite term of the Warmers, in earth climate. Period. But last week, the Proceedings of the Royal Society published a statistical study claiming that Mr. Sun was not responsible for recent warming. Trouble is, Dr. Whitehouse points out, that there is no evidence for any warming in the last ten years! He writes in the Telegraph today, "Last week's research is a simple piece of science and fundamentally flawed. Nobody looked...(Read Full Post)