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Obama wins Louisiana (57-36), Washington (68-31), and Nebraska (68-32), while John McCain still struggles to seal the deal.Posted on February 10, 2008 9:10 AM • 5 Comments •
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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.
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Brief Super Tuesday Update
The Democratic race remains tight, while McCain increases his lead--but not enough to declare victory.Posted on February 6, 2008 8:01 AM • 1 Comments •
South Carolina a Huge Victory for Obama, Democrats
Obama's 295,091 votes last night trump second place finisher Hillary Clinton's 141,128 and Republican victor John McCain's 147,283.Posted on January 27, 2008 9:53 AM • 1 Comments •
An Immigration Reality Check for Iowans
Immigration will be issue number one for Republicans participating in the Iowa Caucuses tonight, but before they get too fired up, they might want to pay attention to this dispatch from the reality-based community.Posted on January 3, 2008 4:35 PM • 3 Comments •
A Choice We Shouldn't Have to Make
Guess what... we all get to play doctor!Posted on October 24, 2007 5:25 PM • 10 Comments •
Schwarzenegger Approves Condor Protection Bill, but Damage Already Done
It will take two rights to make up for this wrong.Posted on October 15, 2007 7:39 AM • 9 Comments •
Fundraising Scam Not Enough to Keep NRCC in the Black
Tensions mount between Congressman Tom Cole and the Republican leadership.Posted on September 24, 2007 1:55 PM • 3 Comments •
New Attack Ad Sets Dangerous Precedent
How liable are we for the things we don't write on our blogs?Posted on September 22, 2007 1:27 PM • 2 Comments •
The Jena Who What Huh?
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson "doesn't know anything about" the Jena Six.Posted on September 20, 2007 8:24 PM • 16 Comments •
More on the Congressional Order of Merit
Geez, Congressman Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) sure is a busy guy. Since I mentioned his fundraising scam for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)--the "Congressional Order of Merit"--last month, myriad new reports of Cole's activities have emerged. For proof, just check...Posted on August 7, 2007 7:48 PM • 2 Comments •
Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion
This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.Posted on August 3, 2007 5:00 AM • 1 Comments •
House Passes CHIP Expansion
despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.Posted on August 2, 2007 4:50 PM • 0 Comments •
The Congressional Order of Merit, Another Republican Party Scam
Ira Flatow, of NPR's Science Friday, reports on the Science Friday blog about being the target of an interesting Republican Party scam, specifically one involving the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC): The phone message on my machine from the NRCC...Posted on July 19, 2007 5:53 PM • 29 Comments •
This Is Me Banging My Head Against the Wall
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 •
Extreme Conservative Group May Support Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani may land a surprise endorsement from the Club for GrowthPosted on March 14, 2007 2:40 PM • 5 Comments •
Mitt Romney Buys Conservative Support
As the presidential primaries for 2008 slowly approach, we're seeing the expected heavy swing to the right by several on the Republican side. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, though, seems to have taken things a step further by attempting to...Posted on March 10, 2007 4:02 PM • 14 Comments •
Conservative Extremists Get a New Voice at Texas A&M University
Texas Governor Rick Perry appoints the chair of the homophobic, anti-diversity, anti-academic freedom, right wing organization the Young Conservatives of Texas as the new student representative on the Texas A&M University Board of Regents.Posted on February 19, 2007 7:16 PM • 8 Comments •
"Moderate" Republicans Pander to the Religious Right
As 2008 approaches, many of the Republican contenders for the Presidency will try to paint themselves as moderates. An article in today's Washington Post, though, underlines why we should be weary of their empty rhetoric. Romney, who is expected to...Posted on February 13, 2007 4:30 PM • 0 Comments •
John Boehner Selected as Republican House Minority Leader
Although painted as a moderate choice, Boehner's record on key science issues borders on appalling.Posted on November 17, 2006 4:22 PM • 3 Comments •
Black Tuesday (for the Conservatives)
Four days after the Democrats' impressive Election Day victory, the commentary keeps streaming in, almost to the point of overkill. Today's Guardian, though, ran a particularly poignant piece from Martin Kettle: Every poll for months had signalled a serious Republican...Posted on November 11, 2006 7:24 AM • 1 Comments •
2006 More Impressive than 1994, Statistically Speaking
Chris of Mixing Memory points us toward a good comparison of the Democratic victory in 2006 to the Republican victory in 1994. In short, the comparison--located at a Columbia statistics blog, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science--shows that the...Posted on November 10, 2006 9:38 AM • 0 Comments •
Beyond Victory: What 2006 Means for the Democrats and for Science
As the sun sets on the conservative movement in America, 2006 marks a new beginning for the Democrats, and hopefully for American science.Posted on November 10, 2006 7:39 AM • 0 Comments •
Politics, Wild West Style
The Republicans have clearly been getting desperate, and one--Rick Green--was apparently desperate enough to punch Texas State Representative Patrick Rose in the face.Posted on November 7, 2006 4:05 PM • 0 Comments •
My Election Day Message
There is so much to say about the importance of today's election, but not a great deal that hasn't already been spelled out time and time again. Most importantly, if you haven't already voted, go vote today! Hopefully you'll have...Posted on November 7, 2006 6:39 AM • 2 Comments •
Please, Please, No More Rick Perry
This won't be news to anyone from Texas, but our governor, Republican Rick Perry, is a walking disaster. From The Dallas Morning News: SAN ANTONIO - Gov. Rick Perry, after a God and country sermon attended by dozens of political...Posted on November 6, 2006 6:40 PM • 4 Comments •
Another Reason to Vote Democratic
If George Bush is driving our nation down a one-way road to hell, it's the Republican-controlled House and Senate that are enabling him to do this. On October 17th, Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which...Posted on November 6, 2006 6:12 PM • 0 Comments •
The Next Target for Global Warming Denialists: Children's Books
Senator Inhofe is up to his global warming denialist shenanigans again, and this time the target is a children's book.Posted on October 3, 2006 7:31 PM • 0 Comments •
The Republican War on Science Paperback Released Today
I don't have my copy yet of the latest edition of Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science, but I've been told that it's on its way. And, believe me, I'll bump it up to the top of my reading...Posted on August 28, 2006 10:40 AM • 1 Comments •
Private Stem Cell Funding Good for Now, Not Forever
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 •
Bush to Scientists, Public: Go Fuck Yourselves
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.Posted on July 12, 2006 8:51 AM • 12 Comments •
Progress of Stem Cell Bill, and Its Media Coverage, Still Plagued by Problems
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.Posted on July 8, 2006 8:00 PM • 1 Comments •
An Inconvenient AP Story for Republicans
Yesterday, the AP released a story describing the general approval within the scientific community of the science behind Al Gore's new documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Not to be outdone, global warming denialist James Inhofe (R - OK) released his own press release via the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and it's about as crazy as anything else he's had his hands on.Posted on June 28, 2006 6:42 PM • 15 Comments •
House Republicans Vote for More Political Interference in Science
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
Senate Stalls Amendment Which Would Tackle Anti-Science Censorship
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.Posted on June 11, 2006 1:06 PM • 6 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
