"Restoring Science to Its Rightful Place": Where It All Went Wrong

Miller-McCune has an article, featuring me a lot, about why the Obama administration failed (not through any fault of its own, really) to restore science to Washington, as the president pledged in his inaugural address. Instead, we're on the verge of having a new army of climate deniers in Congress. My first quote about this situation evinces general shock at how far we've tumbled, and how fast: