Chris Mooney's Lecture: "The War on Science" - June 22
Event Description:
Chris Mooney
author of The Republican War on Science
HOUSTON
June 22 | 7:00 pm (free admission)
Emerson Unitarian Church (1900 Bering Drive)
Mooney's evening lecture will expose the religious right’s dangerous War on Science. Come hear how you can help counter attacks against stem cell research, evolution and sex education. This event is free and open to the public.
Mooney will be available after the presentation to sign copies of his book.
Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing the country. On a broad array of issues, however, science and scientists have never had less influence with the federal government than today.
In The Republican War on Science, Mooney ties together the disparate strands of the attack on science into a frightening account of our government’s increasing unwillingness to distinguish between legitimate research and ideologically driven pseudoscience.
“A careful reading of this well-researched and richly referenced work should remove any doubt that, at the highest levels of government, ideology is being advanced in the name of science, at great disservice to the American people.”
— Neal Lane, former science advisor to President Clinton and former director of the National Science Foundation
“[Mooney’s] book is a well-researched, closely argued and amply referenced indictment of the right wing’s assault on science and scientists.”
— Scientific American
Chris Mooney
is Washington correspondent for Seed magazine and a senior correspondent for the American Prospect. Focusing on issues at the intersection of science and politics, Chris has contributed to a variety of other publications in recent years, including Slate, Salon, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times. Chris has also been featured regularly in the national media, including appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and NPR.
For more information about this event, please contact Ian at 512.322.0545.
Sponsored by the Texas Freedom Network and Rice University Sociology Department.
The Texas Freedom Network is also sponsoring a Houston "book club" discussion of Mooney's book the last week of July. If you are interested in attending, please contact Ian (escramble('ian','tfn.org');) for details.
Event Sponsor:
Texas Freedom Network
Event Contact Name:
Ian Davis
Event Phone Contact Information:
(512) 322-0545
Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.tfn.org/faithandfreedom/houston/
Event Fee:
FREE