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Science Policy and Debate in the 2008 Presidential Election

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sblogo-50.jpg With less than two months left before the next U.S. president is elected, ScienceBlogs wanted to dedicate a space to campaign politics. A Vote For Science is a group blog that will focus on the candidates' science policies. It is managed by many interested ScienceBloggers, as well as guest blogger Ivan Oelrich of the Federation of American Scientists.

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The Scientists and Engineers for America's SHARP network allows you to click on the map to see where your candidates stand on important science issues.

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Results for State Ballot Measures on Science

SEA has put together a list of state ballot measures that involved science including info on what the end result was. The list can be found here and below. It was particularly interesting that Colorado rejected an amendment to the...

McCain: Wrong on bears.

It is a shame when a perfectly good research project gets picked up by a vote grubbing elected official to use in a derogatory way in a sound bite. It is embarrassing when we are talking about the presidential election...

Let's talk about the facts - Part 6 - Offshore Drilling

How much might be out there, and how much do we need.

Socialized Business Losses Versus Socialized Medicine: What's Wrong with this Picture?

Socialized business loans are fine, but socialized medicine -- NO WAY! Does anyone see the problem with this picture?

Let's talk about the facts - Part 5 - Science Funding

Governmental funding of science is fundamentally important to our economic future. Let's take a closer look at the stats.

Friday Trivia from SEA

Here is your Friday Trivia question brought to you by Scientists and Engineers for America. Question: What percent of new R&D sites planned for construction in the next 3 years will be built in China or India? A. 38% B....

How Palin's Policies Will Promote Terrorism

Oh yeah, I think an education program sans condom information and distribution will be totally effective against Africa's AIDS epidemic!

Let's talk about the facts - Part 4 - American Soft Power

A closer look at world opinion, and why it counts.

Let's talk about the facts - Part 3 - Health Care

A closer look at the cost of health care in the US.

Let's talk about the facts - Part 2 - The Federal Budget Deficit

Again here's a simple graph that says it all. And they say that Democrats are fiscally irresponsible....

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