Disclaimer: This series of posts is not an endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Rather, we are paying attention to Hillary because she has gone farther than any other candidate thus far in injecting science policy issues into the presidential race–and promising, if elected, to address the kinds of problems highlighted in The Republican War on Science and by The Union of Concerned Scientists and other organizations. We sincerely hope other candidates of both parties will follow Hillary’s lead. And we already know, thanks to Bora’s intrepid reporting, that John Edwards shares many of her sentiments….
Last week, Hillary Clinton unveiled a detailed list of policy proposals for restoring the integrity of science to the federal government. Among other things, she promises to lift Bush’s stem cell “ban” (her word, not ours), restore the position of presidential science adviser to its former glory, and encourage Congress to reinstall something like ...
