The story of the politicalization of science us much under-reported. This article gives a bit of a historical tour of how this has been allowed to develop. The devastating effect of this on environmental policy, nuclear policy, overpopulation, Peak oil, global climate change, sex education, and the protection of endangered species as we execute the great extinction; these effects are critical to human survival.

The article is an interesting walk through the history of governmental "capture" of scientists, and science. Scientists work for government which appoints industry reps with conflicts of interest, corporations fund disinformation programs, loyalty is valued over competence, and the populace is ill-educated in sciences. I don't feel it's fair to task only the scientists with remedying such a complex ailment. , we all know what happens to "whistle blowers"

Thisd opinion piece has little journalistic merit. The author vents his own ideological prejudices instead of analyzing the issues in a balanced way. He neglects to note that the Bush Administration is considered to have the best science policy makers since the Truman Administration, with outstanding leaders for the key agencies as well as the longest serving science advisor. He is unaware of recent papers in Science and Nature that contradict previous ideas about major climate factors. Etc.