U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

'Snowquester,' packing a fierce Midwest legacy, heads to D.C. area

2013-03-06 09:57:00

WASHINGTON -- A winter storm that roiled the Midwest prepared to turn its might toward the mid-Atlantic area, including the nation’s capital, where power outages were a threat in a region that takes power very seriously. The storm, which dropped...

Mitt Romney leads a party packed with paranoids and fabulists

2012-10-10 05:00:00

Perhaps only a man of elastic convictions like Mitt Romney can successfully navigate the polarized and paranoid battlefield of contemporary American politics. It is no longer merely a contest of Republicans versus Democrats or red states versus blue...

Legendary astronauts awarded Congressional Gold Medals

2011-11-16 16:36:44

A mission on climate change

2013-05-28 10:51:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama should spend his remaining years in office making the United States part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem. If Congress sticks to its policy of obstruction and willful ignorance, Obama should use...

Our Laguna: Rohrabacher makes the rounds

2013-04-25 16:06:00

"Getting to Know You" has been U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's theme song since new areas were added last year to the 48th District that he represents. Last weekend, he lunched with the Laguna Beach Rotary Club on Friday at Aliso Creek Inn and brunched...

Rape and the mind of God

2012-10-29 03:00:00

Indiana's Richard Mourdock, Illinois' Joe Walsh and Missouri's Todd Akin aren't doctors. They are Republicans running for the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. But they appear to have special knowledge of how a woman's body works, not to...

Is there a Republican Party war on women?

2012-08-27 07:45:00

Is the Republican Party really pursuing a war on women? Well, yes and no to that question. Is it the official position of the Republican Party to strip away women's rights? No, with the caveat that if you are in favor of abortion rights then you're...

Akin's reactionary philosophy

2012-08-23 00:00:00

A Neanderthal who spits out stupid comments about how women rarely become pregnant during a "legitimate rape" sits on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology? Heaven help us! Rep. Todd Akin should quickly resign and go spout his...

Outsider Bartlett faces political challenge of career

2011-10-09 14:13:00

When Roscoe Bartlett was thrust suddenly into front runner status in a topsy-turvy race for Congress in 1992, Republican leaders in Maryland arranged a meeting so he could get to know them. Maybe it was his ill-fitting suit, or his folksy demeanor, but...

House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) during a hearing on Capitol Hill. His draft bill on National Science Foundation funding was made public by Science magazine.

2013-03-19 00:00:00