Articles tagged with barack-obama

The complete makeover of the U.S. military debuted by President Obama and the Pentagon on Thursday looks a lot like the beast our Jeff Shear has been describing in 2011.

After swooning over promises that science would always trump politics in his administration, some observers are troubled by President Obama’s decisions on smog and contraception.

The Stars and Stripes are subliminal, class cleavages are overrated, and other academic analyses we should consider from the last election.

It’s the president of the free-market-minded Galen Institute versus a pediatrician/activist for a single-payer system in spirited debate on improving American health care.

President Barack Obama sounds like his predecessors when he vows to kick the nation’s addiction to foreign oil.

Partisan opponents of last year’s omnibus health care reform in the U.S. have a multitude of legislative tactics they can summon to keep the law from taking effect.

Looking to goose American participation in science, math and technology, President Obama’s “Sputnik moment” lacks the urgency and clarity of the original.

The new administration was expected to usher in a new era of scientific learning infusing government policy. It hasn’t exactly worked out that way.

Hammering on how a candidate seems different from a voter opens the door for smears to adhere.

If Americans don’t want the dubious comforts of a full-fledged nanny state, then they can’t come running for comprehensive succor when some milk, or oil, spills.

New research finds unconscious racial bias makes anti-Obama rhetoric seem more persuasive.

President Obama visited Cape Canaveral to address his critics and clarify his canceling of the Constellation program meant to send Americans back to the moon, and his vision for the future of space exploration.

Tarred by misperceptions, with no wallet and ambiguous successes at best, the federal faith-based initiative still treads uphill.

After two big recent speeches, the president is teasing toward elucidating his administration’s foreign policy parameters.

Analysis: Two longtime opponents of nuclear weapons reflect on heady times as the Obama administration puts disarmament back on the map.

The Obama administration talks a lot about making policy based on evidence rather than politics. A basic question remains unanswered: Which evidence?

Tom Price is blogging live from the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s public policy conference for Miller-McCune.com.

Environmental and scientific policy reversals signal difference between last and current presidential administrations.

Waiting for the Byrd to squawk, or how to tell if Congress and the White House are serious about fixing the economy.

Persistent simian stereotypes tagged to blacks are not mere small and unimportant post-racial leftovers of the bad old days, argues a UCLA psychology professor.

Calls to work together for the common good during the current crises have been emanating at breakneck pace from the Obama administration. Academics discuss how to get the results of a Roosevelt, and not a Carter.

Opinion: As the dotted lines on world maps fade to gray, the cosmopolitan Mr. Obama has embraced a constituency well beyond the American electorate.

Researchers analyze the productivity and popularity of new U.S. presidents.

An ambitious project in Chicago provides a glimpse at poverty solutions that might actually make a difference.

Because it’s not just the economy, our experts offer some solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the campaign.

Miller-McCune’s experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.

Miller-McCune’s experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.

Miller-McCune’s experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.

Miller-McCune’s experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.

Miller-McCune’s experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.

UPDATED: President-elect reportedly selects physicist John Holdren as his consigliere on science.

Research suggests that seeing the flag doesn’t make Americans feel more patriotic. But it does make them feel more nationalistic and more superior to non-Americans.

Professionals hope the new president can change the culture of science in the White House.

Outgoing administration used science when it needed it and scorned it when it didn’t.

The ‘Bradley Effect’ may be kaput, but the ‘Turban Effect’ is alive and kicking.

There is a long history of black Democratic candidates doing worse than pre-election polling would suggest. Two recent studies disagree on whether this problem is still with us.

Inevitably, some voters will cast votes against Barack Obama because he is black. But research suggests he has options for reducing prejudiced voting in November.

A new study suggests Oprah Winfrey’s backing of Barack Obama was beneficial for the presidential candidate in an indirect way.

A journalism professor finds a straw woman on daytime TV and, in the name of scholarship, knocks her right down.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation president analyzes the presidential candidates’ positions on the controversial weaponry and energy.

Harvard professor Samantha Power believes the U.S. can and should reclaim its ability to be a positive force in the world in terms of promoting human rights.

Candidate’s victory speech at the conclusion of the 2008 Iowa Democratic caucus has political scientists comparing it to ones delivered by icons of oratory from years past.