Taking metaphors seriously is no way to understand an important issue such as global heating.

Trying again to hold British soldiers in the Bush forces responsible for torture carried out in cahoots with the US government.

Scientists must resist the idea that science is above politics and that they ought to be apolitical.

Today, several areas of science tie directly to the most important political issues of our age, including global heating, privacy, and toxic agricultural practices.

Two Republican legislators criticized a Democratic candidate for "plagiarizing" part of the text of a policy proposal. The same two Republicans did not hesitate to copy a nasty ALEC model bill and present it as their own work.

The concept of plagiarism is not applicable to policy proposals and laws. It would be total folly to refrain from advocating a good policy just because someone else has advocated it before.

A mass protest in Tokyo against restarting nuclear power plants.