Post-scientific society; Ethanol food fight; Water worries; Mexican cha-cha; Improving Indian innovation

Fiscal year 2008 R&D funding levels on hold; Expansion of FDA oversight power sought; Bill to promote electronic health records proposed; Legislation would boost support for women in science; Climate Change Science Program under fire

Kevin Finneran
Living Legos

Newt Gingrich
Terry L. Maple
Forging a New, Bipartisan Environmental Movement

Paula Braveman
Racial Disparities at Birth:The Puzzle Persists

David B. Resnik
Freedom of Speech in Government Science

The political Einstein (Review of Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb)

Industrial Clouds

David Festa
Diane Regas
Judson Boomhower

Sharing the Catch, Conserving the Fish

Marilyn J. Field
Alan M. Jette

Dealing with Disability