That there is something of a "culture war" going on between the Bush Administration and the American science community is fairly clear (although the invective is pretty one-sided, making me wonder if the Admin thinks it is in a war...
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Posted on September 14, 2006 12:48 AM • 16 Comments
I'm not much into shooting fish in a barrel or beating dead horses, but I just heard a Bush quote from today on energy that made me shudder a bit. Bush, stumping for a return to nuclear energy (a push...
Posted on September 4, 2006 5:26 PM • 7 Comments
Strange juxtaposition in the Times yesterday on the stem cell stuff. Two pictures ran under the page A1 story on Bush's veto -- one of Harry Reid and a wheelchair-bound passenger for prop purposes (apologies to the actual person, but...
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Posted on July 21, 2006 12:39 PM • 3 Comments
It's been clear for a long time why environmental issues don't get the same political traction as issues like crime, security, taxes, job and health care. Ask a bunch of voters whether environmental problems are important and a large majority...
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Posted on May 15, 2006 7:01 PM • 6 Comments
If you'll excuse my quiet few days (traveling and without a real computer), I'll get back to the Hansen bidness. The reason I got into this blogging business in the first place is to throw ideas out there, hear other...
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Posted on January 31, 2006 6:20 PM • 5 Comments