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The Supreme Court Undermines Racial Preferences For College Admissions

The Supreme Court Undermines Racial Preferences For College Admissions

Apr 22 2014 | comment(s)

In Science Left Behind I wrote a segment about a national discrimination issue that was eroding not only science, but the very notion of fairness in our culture.

No, it wasn't the lack of Republicans in faculty jobs at universities. It was instead that, for decades, schools had been using skin color to routinely impede the chances for the best students to get admitted. They were using racial profiling to skew who got to attend.

This wasn't 1950s Alabama, it was - and is - mainstream academia from the 1970s on.
For Earth Day, Do Your Part: Fly Somewhere To Talk About Greenhouse Gas Emissions

For Earth Day, Do Your Part: Fly Somewhere To Talk About Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Apr 22 2014 | comment(s)

Apparently the EPA has not yet discovered how to do a video conference.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Administrator Gina McCarthy will promote President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution, slow the effects of climate change and leave a cleaner environment for future generations by doing an Earth Week Tour, flying around to talk about how we should cut emissions.

She likes to fly. When she is not flying around to save all of us from emissions, she is commuting to Washington, D.C. weekly from her home in Boston.
Delaying Keystone XL Indefinitely Sets A Bad Precedent For Scientization Of Politics

Delaying Keystone XL Indefinitely Sets A Bad Precedent For Scientization Of Politics

Apr 18 2014 | comment(s)

A decade ago, science academic was worked into a holy war by the belief that President Bush hated science. What were the reasons? They are hard to remember now. He federally funded human embryonic stem cell research for the first time - but he limited it to existing lines.  That was a big one, for people who were never voting for a Republican anyway. 

It was a more gullible time. Political activists had no trouble at all spreading the belief that it was a "ban", something that would be impossible today, because we learned how to read and use Google since then. 

10 years later, White House acceptance of science has not only not improved, it is worse than ever, and no one outside the kookiest fringes is blaming Republicans for it. 
Natural Schmatural, We Want To Know What Our Food Doesn't Have In It

Natural Schmatural, We Want To Know What Our Food Doesn't Have In It

Apr 17 2014 | comment(s)

Sid Salter, director of public affairs at Mississippi State University, writes in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that labels have gone too far.
This Earth Day, Thank A Chemist

This Earth Day, Thank A Chemist

Apr 16 2014 | comment(s)

Earth Day is fast approaching and, let's face it, if you celebrate Earth Day you probably hate science. And you really hate chemists. 

But there has never been a reason for it, it is simply modern chemophobia. If you ask an environmentalist if they should use a chemical solvent or baking soda to clean, they will say baking soda - but baking soda is a toxic synthetic chemical (NaHCO3) unless it is used properly, where it is harmless and biodegradable. 

After The Blood Moon: Do Some Post-Apocalypse Science

After The Blood Moon: Do Some Post-Apocalypse Science

Apr 15 2014 | comment(s)

Since the Blood Moon - whatever that is, it sounds Biblical - was last night, and it spells the beginning of our doom, according to a guy trying to sell some books, it's time to start prepping for the days of ultimate holy war. That means no more Southern blots and particle colliders, it's back to basics.

In preparation, this weekend the kids and I decided to see what kind of life we could make for ourselves while the Four Horsemen duke it out with the Holy Ghost in what would arguably be the best D&D game ever.