Does anyone care about science?

The March 28 issue of Science had a disturbing article. A survey by the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago found that only 11% of the people they surveyed could come up with the name of a living scientist. Nearly half could not come up with the name of a living or dead scientist. Another study by the Pew Research Center for the People and Press found that for every 5 hours of U.S. cable news only 2 minutes are devoted to science or the environment. To give you an idea of what they do show during the same time period 10 minutes was devoted to celebrity news and nearly half an hour to crime. So is it because the public does not care about science or the media does not care? I have to say it is the media. As usual they underestimate their audience...

The Stupidest Woman in America...

Ann Coulter. Yes, I said it. And we all know this. The things that come out of her mouth just defy description. Recently she said that women should lose the right to vote. Her reasons--because women vote so stupidly. Now she is saying that Jews should be "perfected" by accepting Jesus and that America would be better off if everyone were a Christian. She is giving all blonds a bad name. The thing I can't understand is why anyone still interviews her? She obviously has no clue about anything. This is what is wrong with the media. Someone like her who spouts off the most inane things constantly gets a forum to do so. Yet, others who are more grounded in reality and have real things to say about what is happening in the world are ignored by the media. The American people deserve to hear actual truths and yet are forced to listen to the drivel of conservatives like Coulter. And unfortunately there is a large segment of our population that never moves beyond the propaganda and hate speech of people like her. No wonder we can't make informed choices. We never get the proper information. Freedom of speech does not mean we have to put up with ignorance...