The right's hijack of US science

Article Abstract:

The way in which the government of George W. Bush attempts to manipulate scientific evidence in order to meet its own political aims and the aims of Bush's corporate backers are examined. Such is the level of concern about the manipulation of scientific data by the Bush administration that a group of 60 scientists, including a large number of Nobel laureates and former government officials, have signed an indictment put forward by the Union of Concerned Scientists which accuses the administration of many counts of subverting science to serve its own ends and calls fro a Congressional inquiry to be launched. Such is the level of concern over what Bush is doing that his policies have been compared to those of Joseph Stalin, who subverted Russian science to serve his own ends in the 1930s.

Demonstrations and protests, Bush, George W.

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No open minds allowed

Article Abstract:

Issues relating to claims that the Republican government of George W. Bush is engaged in a programme through which it is removing academic experts from US government advisory committees and replacing them with industrial consultants, Christian fundamentalists, rightwing radicals and other people who more closely ascribe to party dogma are examined. It is acknowledged that every US government has engaged in partisan appointments, but it is stated that these seem to be more egregious under the current administration, and are being made in the absence of contradictory voices that might ensure a degree of even-handedness.

Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States), Executive advisory bodies

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Mules in the crown

Article Abstract:

An overview of the five-day conference held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Seattle, Washington, in February 2004. The annual AAAS conference, which was first held in 1848, is now regarded as on of the leading science conferences, attracting about 10,000 delegates and having a budget in excess of US$500,000.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Sciences, Science, Research & Development, Sales Meetings, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Conferences and conventions, 2004 AD

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