the godfather of intelligent design

Paul Krugman has a characteristically excellent column out today. It's about how Irving Kristol, the godfather of the neo-conservative movement, can be considered the symbolic godfather of intelligent design as well.

Although intelligent design was not necessarily one of his "issues," Kristol developed the tactics and strategies that have been used by the proponents of this pseudoscientific concept. His main message was: If you don't like what the "experts" (scientists, economists, journalists, etc.) are saying, hire your own "experts."

As an aside, it should also be noted that this tactic is quite similar to the strategy used by the Bush administration when the overwhelming majority of CIA reports seemed to indicate that Iraq did NOT have a nuclear weapons program.