11.18.2008 16:53

Study: Sex scientists fear family-values scrutiny

Members of Congress have sought to rescind research funding before, and politics also has influenced executive decisions on research, such as when President Bush restricted federal funding for studies of stem cells from human embryos. While science may be perceived as an apolitical enterprise, survey author Kempner said that the opposite is true, regardless of the political party in power. [via]

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A general overview of 'things I think are neat':abandonment/the post-industrial midwest, anarchism (syndicalism, insurrectionalism, etc), race/ethnicity (esp. defining/constructing the boundaries of whiteness), gender, class (talking/thinking about class generally seems to be an underrated activity), health care (access to, the experience of obtaining, etc), art, science fiction, punk music, conservative talk radio and anthropology (which probably incorporates almost everything else about people).