Tag Archives: environment

Having an idea about where you want to go can impact where you wind up — China’s plan for science in 2020 0

China’s authoritarian-capitalism hybrid continues its challenge to the United States Nature reported that China has a plan for how it wants its 2020 scientific endeavors to look: Innovation 2020 will kick off with new projects this year in seven key areas, including nuclear fusion and nuclear-waste management; stem cells and regenerative medicine; and calculating the [...]

President Obama fails the leadership test provided by the Gulf oil spill 0

President Obama lacks the gut level, spine-based connection to American citizens that is required for successful presidential leadership in dealing with the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He is not a man that many of us would confidently follow into combat. Although the media has reported that Americans want the President to exhibit more [...]