And it was co sponsored by the Pentagon it's independent, it's peer reviewed and all of the backup calculations are transparently posted for your perusal.

Such claims were as wrong then as they are now. But how many media reports make even a cursory effort to evaluate them?

The Europeans typically picked their nominee behind the scenes, as did the Americans, after only cursory consultation with developing countries. The outcome, however, was often not good for the IMF, the World Bank, or the world.

But even a cursory look at recent economic data reveals that Brazil s growth model may well be hitting a stagflationary wall. In fact, Brazil most likely experienced a technical recession during the first half of this year.

But even a cursory look at these items reveals that they primarily reflect the interests of developed countries. Indeed, poor countries' development would arguably have been set back if they had acquiesced in some of the demands.

As a general rule, people's courts will not disclose the names of child victims when issuing decisions in cases involving child pornography or child prostitution, so as to prevent third parties from inferring the identities, addresses or other details of victims through perusal of court documents.

The European Court's jurisprudence that appellate courts may, in principle, simply endorse the reasons stated in the lower court's decision must a fortiori also apply to the reasoning required from Supreme Courts, which, like Constitutional Courts, often dismiss appeals in a cursory manner.

In fact, what appears to be driving Abe s endeavors even more than the desire to revise the postwar order in Japan is a widely shared fear of China s increasing regional dominance. A cursory glance at the Japanese press, or even the kind of books piled high in Japanese bookstores, shows just how frightened the Japanese are.

Likewise, in the emerging conception of universities one that draws heavily from the corporate world educational managers, applying best practices (and always ready to move on to the next posting) retain the most cursory regard for the institution s life and traditions. And students, seen as mere consumers of a service, are invited to exercise choice regarding teachers, curricula, and location.

Obama s claim about record droughts similarly fails even on a cursory level the United States has in all academic estimates been getting wetter over the century (with the 1930 s dust bowl setting the drought high point). This is even true globally over the past half century, as one of the most recent scientific studies of actual soil moisture shows there is an overall small wetting trend in global soil moisture.