Despite my misgivings about the vast commercialization of college athletics, and its impact on university culture, I did tune in to at least parts of Monday night’s BCS championship game. […]
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Over at the Huffington Post, David Roberts concedes my point about why the Pandora’s Box frame of looming catastrophe may not be the best way to communicate the urgency of […]
This afternoon, as expected, the House passed the stem cell funding bill, 253 to 174, falling well short of the 290 votes needed to overturn a Bush veto. Debate now […]
Think Progress has the video of Sunday’s speculation at ABC News This Week that newly elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may appoint a special committee on global warming. […]
In DC over the weekend, the conversational buzz at coffee shops, wine bars, and holiday parties has focused on the graphic reports of Saddam Hussein’s execution. Friends from both sides […]
Looks like the the folks at the Project for Excellence in Journalism are about to launch a very interesting and much needed monthly media content analysis. Funded by the Pew […]
Over the weekend, Andrew Revkin at the NY Timeswrote a very timely and important peice detailing the growing unease among many scientists and policy experts with the new “normal’ in […]
Citizens are cognitive misers, meaning they rely on images and short cuts rather than knowledge to make up their minds about issues. It might run counter to democratic ideals and […]
Over at Nanopublic, Dietram Scheufele reminds me of something I overlooked last week when I spotlighted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s framing of environmental issues as a public health matter. According to […]
On YouTube over the weekend, John Edwards announced his candidacy for president. Apart from his “Two Americas” theme on economic and racial justice, science issues stand as a secondary part […]
Time out for a bit of soft journalism….Variety reports that after an eighteen year wait, Indiana Jones 4 is going into production and will be released in May 2008. After […]
In case you were wondering, why in an era of extreme media fragmentation, polls show that Republicans rank global warming as less of a priority than flag burning or the […]
Part 1 of Segment Part 2 of SegmentStay the Course versus Cut and Run versus Surge and Accelerate. Over the past month, as the Bush team has unpacked its new […]
Haven’t heard of Second Life? It’s a 3-D virtual world built by users or “residents” worldwide. Imagine the video game World of Warcraft, but no game, just a cyber-community evolving […]
It’s year six of your presidency, and historians are already debating whether you are the worst U.S. leader in history. Can a new communication strategy help repair your reputation? At […]
Over at the “ideas site” World Changing, David Zaks offers up an interview with the NY Times’ Andrew Revkin. As I’ve written on this blog before, Revkin is one of […]
The Associated Press reports that outgoing MA Gov. Mitt Romney has appointed Aaron D’Elia, a state budget director with no formal scientific background, to be executive director of the Massachusetts […]
Parita Shah from the Center for Genetics and Society has an interesting op-ed in the Mercury News reflecting on the campaign tactics used by both sides this last election cycle […]
A few readers know that I originally hail from outside of Buffalo, New York, home to some of the best hunting and fly fishing in the country. Recently my younger […]
The recent retreat of Arctic sea ice is likely to accelerate so rapidly that the Arctic Ocean could become nearly devoid of ice during summertime as early as 2040, according […]
There’s nothing new about politicians using entertainment outlets to promote their presidential aspirations. In 1960, both John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon appeared on Jack Parr’s Tonight Show. Nixon even […]
BBC NEWS CAPTION: “There is heated debate about the ethics of using stem cells”What’s wrong with this picture and caption? As the BBC reports the horrifying discovery that healthy babies […]
For those closely watching Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential prospects, and what a Romney presidency might look like in terms of science-related policy questions such as stem cell research, abstinence education, […]
This week, Time magazine names all of us as “Person of the Year.” According to Time’s editors, in this Web 2.0 era of digital media, average netizens are transforming society […]
ScienceBlogs readers are hipsters. So I just wanted to add to the buzz about the new video for the U2 single “Window in the Skies.” Definitely an instant classic. Watch […]
The Washington Postprofiles Rudy Giuliani’s prospects for the GOP nomination. If “America’s Mayor” has to bolster his support from conservatives, on which social issues is it easiest for Giuliani to […]
The Washington Post chronicles Arnold Schwarzenegger’s efforts to frame his environmentalism in “public health” terms. The Governerator explains his position in ways only he can. For example, he compares California’s […]
After being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, I’ve updated my CV. Frank Rich in the Sunday Times glows with similar faux enthusiasm for the mag’s cyber-cheerleading, as does […]
In one of the strongest declarations I’ve seen from a major newspaper editorial board, the San Jose Mercury News calls on Congress in 2007 to enact major legislation to deal […]
The game is afoot to define the presidency of Gerald Ford. The dominant narrative from the mainstream media is that Ford was the “Great Healer,” an extinct species of bi-partisan […]