Antiscience Beliefs Jeopardize U.S. Democracy
Shawn Lawrence Otto | Scientific American
By Shawn Lawrence Otto | Nov 01, 2012
The United States faced down authoritarian governments on the left and right. Now it may be facing an even greater challenge from within
Americans Deserve a Presidential Science Debate
In an age when the major US challenges revolve around science, we deserve candidates who will share their views on it
By Shawn Lawrence Otto | Mar 19, 2012
America needs and deserves a president who can show that he or she understands the importance of basing public policy on the best available evidence, as the founders intended.
The UnAmerican War on Science
Today's antiscience politicians are not going to take America where we need to go
By Shawn Lawrence Otto | Oct 27, 2011
America didn't keep the world safe for democracy by pandering to ideological dark agers - we got ahead by using hard-headed science. It's time we get back to it, and start putting America first again.
Oh, Newt. Newt, Newt, Newt. Seriously?
Newt Gingrich, a supporter of Science Debate, goes antiscience
By Shawn Lawrence Otto | Oct 04, 2011
I was surprised last week when Gingrich argued that embryonic stem cell research is “killing children in order to have research materials.”