Even if you haven’t been on board with everything he’s done since his inauguration, there’s one thing you really have to give President Obama credit for – he knows how to pick the right man for the job. Our current Energy Secretary is Professor Steven Chu, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in [...]
Swine Flu and Factory Farming
April 30, 2009
Earlier this week Larry Pope, president and chief executive of Smithfield Foods of Virginia, insisted that “we are very comfortable that our pork is safe,” and that “we know of no pigs that are sick, no people on those farms that are sick and no people in our plants [who are sick],” and the U.S. [...]
Baby Boom – and Bust?
March 18, 2009
According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the United States in 2007 (more than 4.3 million) surpassed even the height of the “baby boom” in the late 1950’s. Like most industrialized nations, the United States worries about a possible population crisis as a result of low [...]
Obama Restores Science
March 9, 2009
“By doing this, we will ensure America’s continued global leadership in scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs. And that is essential, not only for our economic prosperity, but for the progress of all humanity.” – President Barack Obama
The new administration has moved on several fronts to restore the importance and influence of hard science in public [...]