The LAT editorializes against disbelief

Saturday's LAT editorial, one of them, began by citing the case of Christine Maggiore, who was infected with HIV years ago and finally died recently of AIDS. While alive, Maggiore insisted that HIV did not cause AIDS and she refused treatment both for herself and for her infant daughter,likewise afflicted, who died at age 3.

That proves, the LAT seems to argue, that people who question whether global warming is caused by human activity and whether it will lead to catastrophic consequences are just plain nuts, like Maggiore.

It's a case of accepting or rejecting scientific wisdom, the LAT argues. But the chief proponents of global warming theory are people like Al Gore, who is hardly the next Albert Einstein.