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Donald Trump

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 17, 2020
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Science Magazine gets pitched headlong into the political mud wrestle, along with Scientific American

Denyse O'Leary
September 17, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
Okay, the editor said it: “there is no apolitical science.” We are not now dealing in the world of accusations but of admissions. He is admitting that opposition to “creationism,” however they define it is political. Fine. We all knew that but we did not have it in writing before. Getting things put in writing is a genuine help. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 15, 2020
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Scientific American breaks with 175-year tradition, endorses Joe Biden for US President

Denyse O'Leary
September 15, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
They can break with tradition in this way if they want, of course. But then they will no longer be able to say that their science is not tainted with (drenched in?) politics. Which is why, no matter what the crisis, no one did it in the past. The outcome, no matter who wins the U.S. election, will be reduced public trust in science. Scientific American could well find itself down there with “media” generally, in terms of public trust. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 6, 2019
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Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design
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US prez Trump vows to tie federal funding to campus free speech

Denyse O'Leary
March 6, 2019
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design

Details are unclear but U.S. President Trump has threatened to cut off federal research funds to colleges and universities that deny free speech: In an interview after Trump’s speech, Terry Hartle, senior vice president for the American Council on Education, called the executive order “a solution in search of a problem,” because “free speech and academic freedom are core values of research universities.” Oh. Well then they shouldn’t have any problem with the President’s position at all, should they? Some experts believe the President may succeed in using an executive order to restrict research funds. “There’s a history of the federal government requiring universities to do certain kinds of things in order to receive federal research funding,” Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a Read More ›