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Philip Pullman on Britain

Prior to speaking at The Convention on Modern Liberty Phillip Pullman (author of The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and others) released a statement regarding Britain’s recent history and his worries for  the future.

Well worth the read, but it’s been taken down from the Times website, and it appears to have vanished from the Google cache, also. So, in the interest of preservation, here’s a copy.

Must Read: Behind the Republican Attack on Science

Over at big Orange, The Open Science Thread

by DarkSyde has a link at the bottom to a very enlightening story…

Why the Right Wing Attacks Science at Effect Measure lays out the war on science, and it’s been going on for 30 years, and escalated for the last 16…