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After reading the Democratic and Republican platforms, Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey explains where the major parties stand on human embryonic stem cells, reproductive health, scientific integrity, space exploration, the Internet, and research funding.
New at Reason: Ron Bailey on Partisan Politics and the Science-Industrial Complex
Comments to "New at Reason: Ron Bailey on Partisan Politics and the Science-Industrial Complex":
sage | September 16, 2008, 3:08pm | #
Caption Contest!"Hey America! You're going to feel a little poke! THIS IS THE COLBERT REPORT!"
Episiarch | September 16, 2008, 3:11pm | #
So is Herbert West a Democrat or Republican?Trick question, he joined the Reform Party!
Alan | September 16, 2008, 3:46pm | #
FYI, Both McCain and Obama have answered Scientists and Engineers for America's scince policy questions. The answers are available on line here:http://sefora.org/2008/09/15/mccain-answered-the-14-questions-on-science/
| September 16, 2008, 3:51pm | #
Awesome Reaminator picJohn-David | September 16, 2008, 4:18pm | #
Jeffrey Combs RULZ!DannyK | September 16, 2008, 4:38pm | #
I always thought "sound science" is one of those Orwellian terms of art, like "wise use", that sound reassuring but in practice mean "whatever the science says, unless the science says something the constituents don't like."Acoustics | September 16, 2008, 6:01pm | #
"sound science"B | September 17, 2008, 10:21am | #
"Actually, the Bush administration's support for the National Institutes of Health has held steady at around $30 billion per year."Which is effectively a cut when the costs of doing biomedical research have increased over the same interval (which they have).
I realize most libertarians are more than OK with this, but it is inaccurate to say that the Bush administration's support for the NIH has been "constant" in any meaningful sense.
Andy | September 17, 2008, 4:51pm | #
So it's official: Republicans think it's abnormal to have sex before marriage. Does that mean questions of whether they personally followed this are now acceptable?On the plus side, we can send all the new kids to live on the moon or Mars.