Current Issue
October, 2013
Member Article
Fighting Truthiness with Critical Thinking
The term truthiness, coined by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, means “truth that comes from the gut, not books.” It was chosen as the word that best sums up 2006 in […]... More>
Observation
Hunger for Money
“Will work for food.” Scrawled on a piece of cardboard those words are a painful reminder of life’s fragility. They also pluck a deep chord in our psyche, because they […]... More>
Observation
Congress Reauthorizes NIH
After 13 years, Congress finally reauthorized the National Institutes of Health under the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006, setting priorities for the restructuring and funding of the […]... More>
Observer Article
Bashing Science: It Could be Worse
Others have done it, too, but has President Bush exceeded his predecessors in twisting and abusing science to suit his political purposes? Indeed he has, even allowing for Richard Nixon, […]... More>
Observation
Silver Appointed to Homeland Security Committee
APS Fellow and Charter Member Roxane Cohen Silver has been a regular face in Washington since 2003, when she was appointed to the Academe and Policy Research Senior Advisory Committee […]... More>
