ONDCP Booted from Obama's Cabinet
Category: Recreational Drug Policy
Obviously I have a serious homer interest in this but...
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Does the US need a Culture Czar?
Category: Science Policy
A bit on NPR was really talking about a US Cabinet level position for the Arts. I think the broader "Culture" is just fine.
Posted by DrugMonkey at 2:07 PM • 3 Comments •
Obama to undo Bush anti-science policies
Category: Science Policy
From the BBC: US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said. John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:37 AM • 1 Comments •
Obama's malaria plan
Category: Science Policy
Obama announced last week plans to end deaths from malaria by 2015. I have an analysis of his plan here at Aetiology....
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 3:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Linux.com on the candidates
Category: Science Policy
Linux Dot Com has a piece comparing Obama and McCain. Here. This will be important to anyone with an interest in Open Source technology, the intertubes, all that stuff....
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:58 PM • 0 Comments •
Science and Politics Symposium at Harvard Medical School
Category: Communicating about Science & Politics
Next Tuesday at 1-6PM.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:54 AM • 0 Comments •
Election Coverage in Nature
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 •
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.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:59 PM • 7 Comments •
Science Debate 2008: McCain's Answers
Category: NIH
Republican presidential candidate John McCain and/or his campaign have responded to the fourteen questions issued by the Science Debate 2008 effort. I addressed the responses of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (and/or his campaign) earlier. When I read over the...
Posted by DrugMonkey at 12:13 PM • 4 Comments •
ScienceDebate at a glance, Part I
Category: Science Policy
If you're like me, your eyes might have glazed over just a bit at the fields of red and blue text generated by ScienceDebate 2008. Obviously these issues are important, but a quick cut-and-paste job into my word processor reveals...
Posted by Dave Munger at 5:04 PM • 8 Comments •
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