One of the interesting things mentioned at this year’s Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop was the use of writing a book review as a venue for one’s own essay. John Horgan, who was the leader of my small group at the workshop, did this with his review of Chris Mooney’s The Republican War on Science. […]
I’ve been quiet on this blog lately, but not dormant. The end of May, I was off to the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop. This allowed me to learn from the faculty and presenters with a great diversity of backgrounds and experience, including NY Times, Scientific American, Knight Media, and freelance work. It was a […]
I’ve been reading the comments Elise Hancock makes on scientific opinion and consensus (pages 14-18) in her book on Science Writing, Ideas into Words. Hancock characterizes, correctly I believe, that scientific consensus is not like the precedence of law. In law, there are conflicting opinions and the precedence of former court cases, but there is […]
Creating a government that works means having the ability to listen to different viewpoints and negotiate workable compromises. Creating trust in government comes from actively promoting an open flow of information and discussion. The essential words here are transparency and truth, as used by Stever Robbins in his articles for Working Knowledge on Building Trust […]
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