They write: “Other conservatives are happy to hand over coverage of the issue to oil-company shills. For instance, the main writer covering global warming for National Review is Iain Murray, who recycles industry talking points on National Review’s website from his perch at the Exxon-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute.” I’ll let Iain defend himself and CEI: For the record, I don’t think that dismissing his arguments as “industry talking points” or calling him a “shill” constitutes a respectable counter-argument. (It is sadly in keeping with the New Republic’s recent methods.) But the premise is factually mistaken anyway. In recent months NR has run articles on global warming by Jerry Taylor, Steven Hayward, and Jason Steorts. I’m not sure we’ve run one by Iain. Iain isn’t our “main writer covering global warming.”