Tuesday, August 30, 2005

'Swift Boating' Science

'Swift Boating' Science

Book review:

Bush's comments about deus ex machina versus book learnin' are not just a goofy one-off. They are, as science writer Chris Mooney so brilliantly shows, part of The Republican War on Science.

It's not news that the reign of Bush fils has been marked by an antagonism toward science and scientists unlike any since 1954, when Robert Oppenheimer had his security clearance revoked and Linus Pauling had his passport pulled. The many times this administration and its supporters have fudged or even lied about scientists and scientific research are well-known. Global warming, stem cells, cloning, sex, land use, pollution and missile defense come to mind...

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