How NOT to Encourage Interest in STEM

I don’t know how much I can add to this item from the political blog Talking Points Memo (the headline says it all):  “Police in Texas Arrest Muslim Teen Who Brought Homemade Clock to School.”  Read it and weep! UPDATE:  President Obama has invited the teenage scientist to the White House for Astronomy Night, to…

Privatization Is a National Security Issue–And Not Just because of Edward Snowden

Central to the current controversy about Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks is the fact that Snowden was a “private contractor.” In fact, over this past weekend, various commentators have asserted that 30% to 70% of the national security personnel are now “private contractors”: that is, employees of corporations—and typically multinational corporations—and not of the federal government.…