An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
On Sunday, I wrote about the Miller Amendment to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act, an amendment that would put into law some of the most comprehensive protections against political interference to date. I noted that the amendment had been stalled by the Republican leadership but should be voted on sometime soon. Well, Michael Stebbins of Sex Drugs & DNA reports this evening that the amendment came up for a vote in the House Science Committee today and was solidly voted down by the Republican majority. In fact, while all Democrats voted for it, all Republicans voted against it. Read the full story here.
Sure, the Republicans don't hate science... sure they don't....
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I consider myself a hard line conservative. From the Republican perspective, i'm a liberal flaming with nuclear fire. Are a hundred million people wrong? They are also probably running Windows. By choice.
Posted by: Stephen Uitti | June 20, 2006 1:42 PM