
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s article in a recent issue of The Nation, The Junk Science of George W. Bush, is getting a lot of attention. Here is a little of what he had to say:
Today, flat-earthers within the Bush Administration--aided by right-wing allies who have produced assorted hired guns and conservative think tanks to further their goals--are engaged in a campaign to suppress science that is arguably unmatched in the Western world since the Inquisition. Sometimes, rather than suppress good science, they simply order up their own. Meanwhile, the Bush White House is purging, censoring and blacklisting scientists and engineers whose work threatens the profits of the Administration's corporate paymasters or challenges the ideological underpinnings of their radical anti-environmental agenda.
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This is a reminder about the Adult Religious Education class to be held in a couple of days, Wednesday to be precise, at 6:00 PM in the Lounge at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego. The class size has grown to about fifteen, and the church's Religious Education Assistant tells me to assume attendance about fifty percent greater than the number who pre-register, so you can expect a lively discussion.
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Wired magazine has published an article about John Sperling.
The anti-aging movement attracts all sorts of philanthropists interested in life extension and transhumanism. But Sperling gives different. While others are messianic about immortality, Sperling remains a pragmatist. He wants to see results now - and if those results are base hits rather than home runs, so be it. He's told his staff that everything he funds should have a scientific or economic payoff within five years.
Three billion dollars will buy a lot of results.
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