"Political" Science

With regard to the Bush Administration's take on science, I think the problem is more complex than a tendency to simply disregard sound environmental and ecological science. I think that the Administration has its own set of scientists, if you will, who will produce just the type of scientific findings that will justify their actions. Make no mistake, science is not inherently objective and value neutral. That it takes on this appearance makes it dangerous at times. You can pretty much make science say whatever you want or need it to. The problem, I would argue, is that science, insofar as it is used in the policy-making arena, is far too political. We need to disentangle science and politics.