Showing The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney

Paperback. Pub Date: October 2006 Pages: 376 in Publisher: Basic Books The bestselling book that exposed the American right-wing agenda to put politics ahead of scientific truth - now thoroughly updated throughout and with a new preface by the author. Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing America. Yet. science and scientists have less influence with the federal government than at any time since the Eisenhower administration. In the White House and Congress today. findings are reported in a politicized manner; spun or distorted to fit the speaker's agenda; or. when they're too inconvenient. ignored entirely. On a oad array of issues - stem cell research. climate change. missile defence. abstinence education. product safety. environmental regulation. and many others - the Bush administration's positions fly in the face of overwhelming scie...