Sarah Palin's War on Science
With Palin, however, the contempt for science may be something a little more sinister than the bluff, empty-headed plain-man's philistinism of McCain. We never get a chance to ask her in detail about these things, but she is known to favor the teaching of creationism in schools (smuggling this crazy idea through customs in the innocent disguise of "teaching the argument," as if there was an argument), and so it is at least probable that she believes all ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Go Hitch! This pattern of anti-intellectualism is dangerous! Why is this aversion to science so associated with conservatism? This frightens and frustrates me endlessly.