Now on ScienceBlogs: 'My work has been plagiarized. Now what?'
Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
Category: Religion in Politics
According to Matt Nisbet, the third ethical imperative when framing science is accuracy. Accuracy is important, he argues, because those who fail to accurately convey what's known about a subject risk losing the trust of their audience. Also according...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:19 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
I just finished reading the torture memos that were released today. I cannot remember ever in my life being as ashamed of my country as I am at this moment. The contents of the memos are so insanely wrong...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:47 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
Last night, Matt Nisbet posted a section from the first draft of a new book chapter he's working on. In this particular chapter, he says he's trying to "lay out a detailed ethical framework" for science communications. At least...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:54 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
Back in 2005 and 2006, I wrote a few posts about the insanely arbitrary decision making process that the FDA was pretending to use to justify its obviously pre-determined conclusion to restrict the availability of the Plan B "morning...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:51 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you're looking for a good read this morning, I suggest you pop over to the Washington Post's Opinion pages. Scibling Chris Mooney has an excellent op-ed in there today, in response to George Will's recent climate change denial...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:29 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
Those of you who followed the recent (and prolonged) saga involving thed anonymous holds that were blocking confirmation of John Holdren (the President's nominee for Science Adviser) and Jane Lubchenco (the NOAA Administrator nominee) will no doubt be relieved...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science, Policy, and Management
A couple of weeks ago, Interior Secretary Ken "Cowboy Hat" Salazar went ahead with a decision to remove endangered species protections from grey wolves in several western states. The decision in question was first proposed by the Bush Administration,...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:43 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
As of this morning, the situation surrounding the Senate confirmations of John Holdren as head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Jane Lubchenco as NOAA Administrator is somewhat confused. A number of new news articles and...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 1:33 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
As many of you know, I've been closely following the complex situation involving President Obama's nominees for Science Advisor and NOAA Administrator. Early last week, we learned that both John Holdren (the Science Advisor designate) and Jane Lubchenco (the...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:26 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science and Politics
If we don't raise more hell over this issue - and keep raising hell - it's likely that these nominees will remain stuck in limbo for quite some time, and the Administration's efforts to forge a new science and environmental policy will be hampered as a result
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:48 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
