Thomas Jefferson on Science

"[I have] a conviction that science is important to the preservation of our republican government, and that it is also essential to its protection against foreign power."

Thomas Jefferson

Too bad the Bush administration feel differently.

A Time magazine cover story today shines a spotlight on Bush's relationship of convenience with science. Mark Thompson and Karen Tumulty write that "growing numbers of researchers, both in and out of government, say their findings -- on pollution, climate change, reproductive health, stem-cell research and other areas in which science often finds itself at odds with religious, ideological or corporate interests -- are being discounted, distorted or quashed by Bush Administration appointees.

Check out the Union of Concerned Scientists. Major players in the science community are speaking out against the Bush administration.