When President Obama took office in 2009, among his first priorities was to cancel the Constellation program, mostly because it had George Bush's name on it, though that was behind a veneer of 'too expensive' and would take too long. read...
read moreModern environmentalism is more about promoting distrust and fear than it is protecting the environment. Even when it comes to something basic like Golden Rice, activist groups take the demonize and ban approach. They hate science more than they love children.In the apolitical segment of science media - yes, it exists, albeit smaller than its corporate face leads people to believe - the...
read moreWe have noted in the past that smart kids are often sacrificed first on the altar of politics, funding and social engineering. The claim is that 'they are smart, they will succeed anyway'. Which is like saying Olympic athletes will be fine without training.Regardless, when politicians want to put on a show, they cut firefighters and special needs budgets for schools and blame the public for not...
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