Daniel Sarewitz: US Scientific Community Has Become A Left-Wing Lobby Group

The US scientific community must decide if it wants to be a Democratic interest group or if it wants to reassert its value as an independent national asset.

To prevent science from continuing its worrying slide towards politicization, here’s a New Year’s resolution for scientists, especially in the United States: gain the confidence of people and politicians across the political spectrum by demonstrating that science is bipartisan.