Sarah Palin, fruit flies and science funding

The Fiscal Cliff Is Forcing a Biomedical Day of Reckoning Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com Luke TimmermanSarah Palin, the onetime candidate for the second-highest elected office in the U.S., once delivered a rant on the campaign trail about waste she perceived in federal support of fruit fly research.Scientists everywhere were… http://flip.it/DNFcj Related articles Watch the Palin Turkey … Continue reading Sarah Palin, fruit flies and science funding

The decline of the Fox News brain trust

‘There is some holy hell to pay’ Steve Benen, msnbc.com Getty Images I’ve never fully under­stood how Karl Rove devel­oped a rep­u­ta­tion as a strate­gic genius. In 2000, it was Rove’s idea to keep George W. Bush in Cal­i­for­nia in the cam­paign’s wan­ing days, instead of stump­ing in key… http://flpbd.it/juBYP Related articles Karl Rove Responds … Continue reading The decline of the Fox News brain trust