the WH attack on science

While I’ve spent a high percentage of this blog’s space to the evolution/ID faultline, let’s not forget that this administration’s attack on science is fought on many fronts. And while sad tales from those battle lines appear each day in the emm ess emm, no one has pulled all the atrocities under one tent as well as Carolyn Abraham of the Globe and Mail in this piece today: American scientists say the Bush administration is interfering with research, especially on sexuality and the environment. Religion and ideology are involved — but so is a public disenchantment with science itself. [reg. req'd - but so well worth it]
While the story is notable for its investigatory zeal, I take minor issue with her casual and disproportionate reference to “public disenchantment with science” in the headline – because: a) it comprises so little of her story; and, b) assuming there is indeed widespread disenchantment, Abraham fails to address possible reasons why that might be. Indeed, it’s reasonable to connect the fact that this administration has spent so much energy attacking science to any disillusionment on the public’s part.