Science -- not just for fact-believers anymore?

The NYT reports that a group of scientific Nobel laureates, including members of prior Republican administrations, have joined the rising swell of intellectuals who oppose the Bush administration's immunity to facts.

For nearly four years, and with rising intensity, scientists in and out of government have criticized the Bush administration, saying it has selected or suppressed research findings to suit preset policies, skewed advisory panels or ignored unwelcome advice, and quashed discussion within federal research agencies.
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Under the Bush administration, he said, "they're picking and choosing information according to the answer that they want to get, and they've appointed so many people who are just focused on this that they really are having an impact on the day-to-day flow of information."

Poor information cannot help but lead to poor decision-making. This administration has a consistent record of suppressing information that contradicts their propaganda (in defense, environmental, economic, and other realms), and it's undermining the deliberations of Congress and the understanding of the nation as a whole. We can't afford the luxury of keeping these guys around. They're not letting any of the rest of us do our jobs.