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'Outlaw Mother's Milk' Says Drug Czar

Don Parker | Posted 08.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mother's Milk, Nurses, Marijuana, American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Public Health Association, Institute of Medicine, Medical Marijuana, Science, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Political Humor, War on Science, Gil Kerlikowske, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Teenagers, Teen Tobacco Abuse, Drunk Driving, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, American Nurses Association, Seattle Police Chief, Fresno Bee, Drug Czar, Drug War, Doctors, Political Satire, Drug Policy, Tobacco, Republican War on Science, Legalize Marijuana, Lymphoma Foundation of America, Comedy News
Don Parker

After declaring on Wednesday in Fresno that "marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit," Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office...

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Beyond Stem Cells and Global Warming: Media Ignore Bush Administration's Widespread Interference with Science

John W. Delicath | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Science, Politics, Obama, Stem Cells, Media, War on Science, Bush, Media News
John W. Delicath

The fact that the Bush administration routinely allowed politics to trump science in the policy-making process is well-known and extensively documented. Yet, the media continue to act otherwise.

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NYT's Tierney Concerned About Use of Science -- In the Obama Administration

John W. Delicath | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Science, New York Times, Obama, Politicization of Science, War-on-Science, Environment, John Tierney, Media News
John W. Delicath

While skepticism is a virtue for any reporter, you'll have to excuse me if John Tierney's skepticism about the potential politicization of science under Obama seems oddly misplaced.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Tar Sands, 2000 Election, Solar Moratorium, Kbr, Bush White House, Antonin Scalia, North Pole, UN Probe Civilian Deaths, Al Gore, Iraqi Oil Ministry, Iraq War Funding, War on Science, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Global Warming, Exxon Valdez, Oregon, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

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