This is an interesting and well written article comparing the present administrations positions on science and the Obama appointments of scientist.

An excellent article that highlights philosophical differences between the outgoing Bush administration and Obama's developing team. One particularly offensive Bush policy is highlighted--forbidding Surgeon General Carmona from issuing statements of any kind on key health issues that crossed ideological lines. No one will miss this sort of anti-intellectual high-handedness.

Thorough inventory of Bush Administration's penchant for ignoring and suppressing science when inconvenient or disagreeable, elaborated by listing the specialties and research expertise of new Obama appointments and nominees to head critical agencies.

Its a good analysis of the value placed on scientific evidence by the Bush administration.

A politician appoints other politicians to decide what to do. Read what Plato said. "There will be no peace until kings become philosophers or philosophers become kings." At that time to be a philosopher meant to be a scientist. All these very emminent scientists and we still have problems? That's the real problem, not global warming

Reporting it the way it is (I hope)

This story is incredibly simple minded. As if scientists are not political and as if Bush did not listen to scientists. Bush did not listen to extremists, like John Holdren or James Hansen. Now the foxes are in the chicken coop - but guess what - nothing will be done that is different than Bush other than talk. CO2 control would result in extremely high gas prices and the defeat of Obama in the next election. Embryonic stem cell is a dead issue because there are other sources of stem cells. Of course Obama will supress science that indicates men are better at math or that gays are not genetically programmed.