The Republican War on Science

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The Republican War on Science is a book by Chris C. Mooney, an American journalist who focuses on the politics of science policy. In the book, Mooney discusses the Republican Party leadership's stance on science, and in particular that of the George W. Bush administration, with regard to issues such as global warming, the evolution/creation controversy, bioethics, alternative medicine, pollution, separation of church and state, and the government funding of education, research, and environmental protection. The book argues that the administration regularly distorted and/or suppressed scientific research to further its own political aims.

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me fame) optioned the rights for the book to create a documentary film,[1] but in 2008 announced that he had released the option.[2]

Reviews

Writing in the New York Times, John Horgan reviews The Republican War on Science stating that the prose was "often clunky and clichéd", but adding that despite those flaws Mooney had a point, because he "addresses a vitally important topic and gets it basically right."[3] Stuart Derbyshire, a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham School of Psychology, praises Mooney and notes that he explained how Republicans had manipulated the uncertainty in science "to ensure that Congress rarely hears any consensus opinion that may damage a Bush policy." Derbyshire agrees with Mooney that the Republicans' "flagrant twisting" of research findings "violates the integrity of science."[4]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601711.html Washington Post Spurlock filming "The Republican War on Science
  2. ↑ The Intersection on ScienceBlogs
  3. ↑ Horgan, John (18 December 2005). "Political Science". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/books/review/18horgan.html. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Bush isn't the only one who's anti-science. 28 November 2005 Spiked

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