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Science Policy and Debate in the 2008 Presidential Election
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.
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.
Category: Presidential Candidate
On September 25th, Nature magazine published 'Choosing A Future,' telling us more about where each presidential candidate stands on science related topics. And despite the humorous and uncanny similarities of the front and back covers, this is a very serious...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:20 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
This is big news for science. Yesterday, the Obama campaign released their most detailed plan to date for how he will manage US government science and science policy. The 11 page plan (pdf) is a significant improvement on the previous...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 12:54 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Science Policy
The latest issue of Nature has a special section on the US presidential election, go check it out.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:16 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
A group of 61 Nobel Laureates have gotten together to endorse Barack Obama for President. Their letter and the signatories are below. This is the largest number of Nobel Laureates to ever endorse a candidate for office, more than endorsed...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 2:01 PM • 26 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
Not too early to think ahead to the next election...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 12:01 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
From the New York Times to the LA Times, Obama's and McCain's answers to the 14 top science questions are getting great coverage, but the biggest question remains: Who's better for U.S. science? Now's your chance to weigh in on...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Health care policy
There will be a McCain vs. Obama campaign debate on healthcare today at 5pmEST that can be viewed live at Scientists and Engineers for America. It will feature campaign surrogates who are expert on healthcare issues, and is sure...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 2:39 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
Among the very people who have had their hands on the levers of power for the last few decades there is a shockingly large number who have never really learned to use email or surf the web. In the world of technology, there is an alarming overlap between The Elite and The Ignorant. In a world in which we expect technology to save us, this is disturbing. Moreover, this disconnect between technological progress and personal adoption may be greater in politics than in other fields.
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:28 AM • 17 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
The McCain and Obama Campaigns will be squaring off on healthcare this Thursday live on the web. The event is completely booked, but Scientists and Engineers for America will have it live HERE. This is going to be a very...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 4:56 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
Most people would agree that your health records are very personal. If you were applying for a job you might be offended and consider it an invasion of your privacy if your potential employer asked to see them. Yet, it...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 3:01 PM • 6 Comments •
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