Some remarkable advances in science have occurred under the Bush administration. Take, for example, the arrival of the Cassini probe at Titan, providing all sorts of new information about a world rich in hydrocarbons and with a thick atmosphere. Oh, but the Bush administration really ought not take credit for that. After […]

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The Program for International Student Assessment tests 15 year-old students in 30 different countries, including the United States, assessing skills in math and science. The results, as described in the headline of a newspaper article by the Associated Press: “US teens lag behind in science and math”.

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If you don’t vote for progressives, you get regressives. Take the state of Texas, where regressive politicians have been elected in especially high proportions. The regressives in office ousted Christine Castillo, the Texas Education Agency Director of Science. Why? Because she forwarded an e-mail to others which contained references to an […]

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