Summary
The people are aware that the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has historically championed what many would consider to be left-leaning or liberal causes, and the people are also sensitive to the fact that the political climate of this election year 2004 is an emotionally-changed one; nevertheless, either the Bush administration has taken actions to steer science in a direction parallel to is political agenda, or it has not. Highlights of the UCS documents are discussed, including the political vetting of scientists, political screening of drugs, and bioethics and biopolitics.
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'Political' Science
Political Vetting of Scientists
In die spring of 2002, Richard Myers, Chair of the Department of Genetics at Stanford University and Director of Stanford's Human Genome Center, was nominated to serve on the National Advisory Coun...See the full content of this document
