A Right-Wing War on Science? Really?

The Left has launched an all-out assault on scientific integrity and evidence-based decision making, all the while accusing the Right of opposing science.

(By Chris Field, Townhall.com) - The notion of a Republican or conservative “war on science” has been advanced by liberal politicians and commentators for decades. The phrase, which captures conservatives’ alleged attempts to undermine or interfere with the scientific process for political or ideological reasons, was heard on the 2008 presidential campaign trail almost as often as “hope” and “change.”

Conservatives have rarely mounted a defense against such claims. Yet on many science-related issues, the conservative position has either prevailed or gained considerable ground. What’s more, there is increasing evidence that the Democrats, faced with the burden of governing, are doing precisely what they accused conservatives of doing: dismissing the best science, creating false consensuses and otherwise putting their preferred policy goals ahead of the best available evidence.