Tom Bethell

Tom Bethell

Tom Bethell (born 1936) is a journalist who writes mainly on economic and scientific issues, and is known for his support of the market economy, political conservatism, and fringe science.

Bethell was born and raised in England. He was educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Oxford. A resident of the District of Columbia, he has lived in Virginia, Louisiana, and California. He is married to Donna R. Fitzpatrick of Washington, D.C. [ [http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/alumni/lostlist/ Trinity College, Oxford - missing members] ] [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n40_v14/ai_21278592 Tom Bethell explains why property matters] ] [ [http://www.beliefnet.com/author/author_29.html Tom Bethell, Beliefnet Columnist] Beliefnet.com Accessed July 20, 2008]

He is a senior editor of the "The American Spectator" and member of the Hoover Institution. He was formerly Washington editor of "Harper's", and an editor of the "Washington Monthly". [ [http://prfamerica.org/biography/Biography-Bethell-Tom.html Biography at Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.] ]

Bethell is a member of the Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=7863335&dopt=Abstract AIDS proposal. Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis.] ] which denies that HIV causes AIDS. His "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science" promotes global warming denialism, AIDS denialism, and skepticism of evolution (which Bethell denies is "real science" [ [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/bethell200512010829.asp Don’t Fear the Designer] Tom Bethell] ), promoting in its place intelligent design, [ [http://www.washtimes.com/news/2005/dec/25/20051225-105127-3855r/ Banned in Biology] Washington Times December 25, 2005] a viewpoint dismissed by the scientific community as pseudoscience. [ [http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8408_statements_from_scientific_and_12_19_2002.asp Statements from Scientific and Scholarly Organizations] , National Center for Science Education]

Bibliography

* "Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity through the Ages" (1998) St Martin's Press.
* "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science" (2005) Regnery Press.

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