If anyone is qualified to speak about politics and science denial, it would be Chris Mooney. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republican_War_on_Science http://

If anyone is qualified to speak about politics and science denial, it would be Chris Mooney. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republican_War_on_Science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republican_War_on_Science Yes, he has examined science denial on the left as well. As for his examples, he regularly writes on climate change denial, and it's also the most prominent example of what he's talking about. Edit: corrected obvious typo