Flashback to a Post on Sex and Climate Change

EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 27, 2007, I published a post that loosely linked Mike Penner, a Los Angeles Times sportswriter who had announced he would undergo a sex-change operation, and the multi-faceted controversy surrounding global warming.  Today, I republish that post for two reasons:  (1) I learned that Penner died yesterday of an apparent suicide; and (2) I learned about e-mail evidence about the apparent manipulation of climate change data by researchers at the UK’s East Anglia University’s Climate Research Unit that many believe will put the proverbial nail in the coffin of global warming alarmism.  Please know that, in republishing this piece, I do not intend any disrespect to the family and friends of Penner.