political interference:
The forced resignation of Mary Gade
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Posted on May 3, 2008 8:42 AM • 0 Comments •
Last week's report by the UCS indicates that the EPA has become little more than another political tool for the Bush Administration.
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Posted on April 30, 2008 2:58 PM • 3 Comments •
From evolution to stem cells, from declining NIH grant success rates to accelerating global warming, the next president is going to face a broad range of issues directly related to science.
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Posted on December 10, 2007 2:05 PM • 2 Comments •
Repent! Repent!
Posted on July 21, 2007 8:39 AM • 1 Comments •
It's YOUR fault that you were being politically suppressed, Mr. Surgeon General!
Posted on July 11, 2007 5:37 PM • 2 Comments •
Add one more to the list.
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Posted on July 11, 2007 9:27 AM • 38 Comments •
Members of the Bush Administration are forced to defend the Administration's policies of political interference in climate science.
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Posted on March 21, 2007 7:50 PM • 5 Comments •
The House passes the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act 331-94. Should we be surprised that all 94 nays come from the Republican side of the aisle?
Posted on March 15, 2007 9:20 PM • 8 Comments •
This should be interesting....
Posted on March 14, 2007 1:56 PM • 2 Comments •
A new Bush Administration directive serves no other purpose than to further institutionalize Administration interference in science.
Posted on January 31, 2007 5:09 AM • 0 Comments •
The Democrats are already making big plans to investigate some of the Bush Administration's more outrageous instances of political interference in science.
Posted on November 20, 2006 5:47 PM • 0 Comments •
Is anyone surprised?
Posted on October 31, 2006 10:15 PM • 4 Comments •
The formation Scientists and Engineers for America comes at a pivitol moment, when science-friendly candidates stand to make major gains in the midterm elections.
Posted on October 18, 2006 6:35 PM • 2 Comments •
...since Bush announced his restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
Posted on August 26, 2006 8:45 PM • 2 Comments •
...according the US Department of Education, at least!
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Posted on August 25, 2006 7:40 AM • 7 Comments •
Wealthy billionaires, including many Republicans, are picking up the tab for US embryonic stem cell research in the face of restrictive Bush Administration policies. Is this a permanent solution, and does this mean that the Republican Party is now an ally of science? Not likely.
Posted on August 23, 2006 4:07 PM • 1 Comments •
A recent UK government study indicates that the class of a drug has little to do with its actual danger. Another report blasts the government for allowing politics to usurp science in formulating drug policy. Is the UK's drug policy fundamentally flawed, or does it just need a bit of scientific tweaking?
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Posted on August 1, 2006 11:08 AM • 16 Comments •
Which of the following does not belong: (a) abortion, (b) medical marijuana, or (c) physician-assisted suicide? According the Supreme Court, the answer is (b) medical marijuana
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Posted on July 20, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
After it passed in the Senate on Tuesday, Bush proved he was as stubborn as promised and vetoed HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, on Wednesday. This was another step backwards for science in the US and a...
Posted on July 20, 2006 3:33 AM • 1 Comments •
As the Senate votes today on HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, this post from the archives describes how the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has negatively impacted some researchers. In light of these...
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Posted on July 18, 2006 7:45 AM • 4 Comments •
Bush hasn't used his veto yet, but he's promised to employ it on, of all issues, stem cell funding. Not surprisingly, this is indicative of the general Republican Party attitude toward the field.
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Posted on July 12, 2006 8:51 AM • 12 Comments •
On the 29th of June, the Senate finally announced an upcoming vote on HR 810, a bill which would overturn President Bush's current prohibitions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The progress of the bill still faces many hurdles, and a recent article in the journal
Science did little to publicize them and in fact contained several problematic and even inaccurate statements.
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Posted on July 8, 2006 8:00 PM • 1 Comments •
The Miller Amendment on scientific integrity 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.
Posted on June 14, 2006 8:59 PM • 1 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Here at
The Scientific Activist, we welcome criticism--
intelligent criticism, that is (as opposed to unintelligible dribble like this***). Besides, when it comes to boosting traffic stats, any link is a good link, so I thought I should give a shout out to some of the nice folks who linked to me over the last couple of days, even though they basically disagreed with everything I wrote.
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Posted on June 12, 2006 7:28 PM • 3 Comments •
The Bad Astronomy Blog reports that NASA has officially admitted that censorship did in fact take place there recently. In a letter to Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), NASA writes: ...an internal inquiry has revealed that one recent media request to...
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Posted on June 12, 2006 4:09 AM • 0 Comments •
In the ongoing struggle against political interference Michael Stebbins of
Sex Drugs & DNA reports that Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) has introduced a
scientific integrity amendment to
HR 5450, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act, which is currently under consideration in the house.
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Posted on June 11, 2006 1:06 PM • 6 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
I mentioned earlier this week on my old blog that White House Science Adviser John Marburger would be answering questions from the public via Newsweek, and his answers have now been posted. My reactions are mixed, although he was more...
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Posted on June 10, 2006 12:39 PM • 4 Comments •
Since they serve as the intellectual lifeblood of a democracy, universities traditionally have been given license to transcend petty political squabbles that would otherwise get in the way of their academic research. One example has been the ability of academics...
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Posted on June 9, 2006 7:03 PM • 0 Comments •
Welcome to the new home of The Scientific Activist, a growing source of news and commentary on science, politics, science policy, and everything in between. The Scientific Activist was first launched on January 11th, 2006, at scientificactivist.blogspot.com/, and the goals...
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Posted on June 9, 2006 12:05 PM • 2 Comments • 1 TrackBacks