The Paradoxical Centrist Bias of the Political Left

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(Paul Krugman, who has denounced the "Cult of Centrism")

This is a guest post by Dylan Otto Krider,  a skeptic, journalist and science fiction author whose work on the politicization of science has appeared in Skeptic, Dissent and other outlets (www.dylanottokrider.com).

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