All conservatives are not created equal on matters of science. In fact, some conservatives aren't even conservatives, as my revealing interview on science and policy with Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds illustrates. His answers will surprise you and disappoint some conservatives:
I don't think you find a lot of Young Earth Creationists among libertarians, and hardly any among the libertarian transhumanists that make up my political flavor. In fact, I wrote a piece a while back that incorporated some (then) cutting-edge evolutionary biology.
- It's full out brawl between the Atheist's Front of Judea and the Judean Atheist's Front! I'm not sure what a non believer is supposed to do, but I hate the Romans, a lot. Fortunately, Dr. Sean Carroll weighs in with a delightfully written post on What Questions Can Science Answer?
- Move over Mr. Inhofe, you have serious competition for reigning beltway ignoramus on climate change from the House:
Last year’s global average temperature was the 10th warmest since 1850, eight of the past 10 years, and 13 of the last 14, are among the warmest on record. So naturally, Blaine Luetkemeyer, a Republican member of Congress has concluded: "We are undergoing a period of worldwide cooling."
- Guys, hate to tell you, but new evidence suggests our precious, manly Y-chromosome is rapidly shriveling away and disappearing like the head of a frightened turtle. Lots more genomics here on Mem's weekly round up.
- In a typical editorial defending Bush's indefensible stem cell policy, this author glibly states that embryonic stem cells are obsolete. The evidence: Dr. Bernadine Healy, a cardiologist who served Reagan and both Bush's, said so in U.S. News & World Report, and fetal stem cells stupidly injected into a kid's skull by unqualified Russian quacks -- no doubt for a lucrative fee -- produced a benign tumor.