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A Vote For Science

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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Stimulus for the humanities: Zero-sum gentrification for urban hipsters?

Category: Budget and Funding

By way of intro, you may not have noticed that ScienceBlogs has a number of special projects blogs, including this one, A Vote For Science. A good idea with meh execution and mixed outcome from what I can tell so...

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Results for State Ballot Measures on Science

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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...

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McCain: Wrong on bears.

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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...

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

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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

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

Category: Health care policy

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

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

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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

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Friday Trivia from SEA

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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....

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How Palin's Policies Will Promote Terrorism

Category: Books

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

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

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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

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

Category: Facts, Stats and Data

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

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