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by Philipp Steger
Science Policy & Funding in the U.S. - Dire Times Ahead
You know something is not quite
right, when a staunch Democrat like Bob Palmer, heaps lavish praise on
Newt Gingrich, the mastermind behind the 1994 Republican revolution,
which brought Congress under firm Republican control. Palmer, a
long-time House science committee staffer called a speech given by
Gingrich at a science policy event several years ago “brilliant”,
because Gingrich had “the audience mesmerized” by talking about what
science could do for all of society. According to Palmer, that sort of
speech and its underlying vision are a relict of the past and not to be
found in today’s discussions on S&T policy.
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