Category Archives: budget

Back to the Middle Ages

Posted on 18 March 2017 by Steve Caplan

The current administration under the direction of Trumph has published a new budget proposal for 2018 discretionary spending. It does not take a Ph.D. in economics to realize that aside from a huge 54 billion dollar increase to the military … Continue reading →

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Mass disgruntlement among scientists is growing

Posted on 15 October 2013 by Steve Caplan

This popped into my inbox today, and probably into those of every other American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology member. Life made easy–no need to blog my disgruntlement–it’s all been done for me (see standard letter below). But I … Continue reading →

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Justice and spring birds

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Steve Caplan

A few short weeks ago I posted a blog entitled “I’d rather be blasting homeopathy“, and provided two letters that I had written. One was addressed to my local Nebraska congressman, and asked that he be considerate of science and … Continue reading →

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