THE PARTY OF YESTERDAY
This Op/Extra column in the NYT is worth a read. It summarizes, I think, quite well what’s happened to me and my colleagues over the last decade or so. Science is, by nature, apolitical. And well into the ’90s scientists were relatively non-partisan. Politics and science seemed to live in separate universes. And then the Republicans declared war on science and rationality. And now they’ve lost us forever.
UPDATE: P. Z. Myers has a post up on a related topic.
2 Responses to “THE PARTY OF YESTERDAY”
 Comment by COD October 26th, 2008 at 2:31 pm |
I thought this line was quite impactful. “Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone,” said Reagan, “I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears.” Which candidate today is appealing to our highest hopes, and which is appealing to our worst fears? |
 Comment by JJ Ross October 26th, 2008 at 3:07 pm |
Bravo! (both of you) |