Is It Proper to Have a Lobbying Firm Employee on an NIH Search Committee? The current search committee for the new NCBI Director includes an employee of a political lobbying organization
Friday Song: “Plastic” P.M. Dawn was a melodic hip-hop and R&B act that broke big in the early 1990s and seemed destined for greatness. Their first two albums were critically and commercially successful, yet they faded into oblivion before the decade was out despite their music consistently receiving critical acclaim.
Friday Song: “Walk Like an Egyptian” A 1986 hit made a band famous — so much so, that it fueled their breakup
Politics Over People and Policy SSP's response to a complaint shows that politics, not people, are its focus now
Is “Open” Anti-Democratic? Benefiting oligarchs and established powers, is "open" inherently anti-democratic?