Guest Thinkers

height=”350″>A break from serious matters for a focus on music…Last night I strolled down to the 930 Club, one of the top indie rock venues in the country to catch […]

In the United States, when it comes to public perceptions of Gore’s climate message and Nobel award, partisanship is serving as the strongest of perceptual screens, triggered in part by […]

It’s another busy week on the road giving presentations, trading ideas, and meeting a lot of really smart and dedicated people. Yesterday, via video conference, I spoke as part of […]

In a new regular column over at DesmogBlog, Chris Mooney elaborates on the arguments first offered here. We should applaud Gore, writes Chris, but we also need to draw on […]

Science magazine runs the following news report on Gore’s Nobel prize and his impact on the policy debate and public opinion. The article quotes Steve Schneider, Michael Oppenheimer, Robert Watson, […]

Tomorrow (Monday) at 1pm EST I will be joined by Nature columnist and former House Science committee Chief of Staff David Goldston as a guest on WAMU’s Kojo Nmandi Show. […]

David Goldston and I had a great discussion at WAMU-NPR’s Kojo Namdi Show today. We were also joined later in the program by Francesca Grifo, Director of the Scientific Integrity […]

The latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub, text below) runs an “at a glance” spotlight on our cover article at The Scientist. A Glance at the October […]

It’s going to be a busy 24 hours. On Wednesday evening I will be at the Center for Inquiry-NYC for the latest in our Speaking Science 2.0 tour. Then I […]

Gallup has released its latest tracking data on American views of NASA. As Gallup describes, according to the Sept. 14-16 poll, 56% of Americans rate the job NASA is doing […]

As I have detailed in past studies and as we write in the cover article at The Scientist, the dominant frame that appears when science turns political is the “strategy” […]

One of the reasons why Al Gore’s communication campaign has had limited success in activating the American public on climate change is that only half of adults have a favorable […]

Back in the spring, the Nisbet/Mooney tour visited the New York Academy of Sciences (Audio and Slides). In terms of turn out and post-discussion, it was one of the best […]

The editors at The Scientist have made our October cover story on framing freely available for the month of October. Make sure you check out our 4,000 word feature, the […]

Tomorrow at the University of Washington I will be speaking to the Department of Communication in the morning and then joined in the evening by Chris Mooney to deliver our […]

Pew has released an analysis of trends in partisanship among cohorts of Evangelicals over the past six years. The significant finding is that Evangelicals ages 18-30 increasingly identify as Independents […]

That’s the headline at the Drudge Report today with a link to this AP story on Hillary Clinton’s Sputnik anniversary speech. As a way to attract attention and rally the […]

On Friday, I was in Seattle for our latest stop in the Speaking Science 2.0 tour. We were hosted by the University of Washington’s Forum on Science Ethics and Policy […]

The identity politics wrapped up in author Sam Harris’ statements at a recent atheist conference here in Washington, DC has sparked a ton of discussion and debate. Paul Kurtz, chair […]

A busy day but a quick analysis of breaking news:Gore’s Inconvenient Truth has been a stunning success in generating news coverage to his preferred “pandora’s box” framing of the “climate […]

Before there was EO Wilson’s breakthrough success with The Creation, there was Carl Sagan, who was a master at emphasizing the shared values between science and religion.Consider this example: According […]

For those planning to attend the AAAS panel on “Communicating Science in a Religious America,” I just received notice that it is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 17 at 145pm. It’s […]

E.O. Wilson is on a noble mission to bridge the perceived divide between science, religion, and partisanship. In his book, The Creation, by framing environmental stewardship as not only a […]

Why is this couple smiling? Because Oprah might be the friend they need in order to win ultra tight elections.More than 8 million people watch Oprah’s show and more than […]

From the UK’s Independent: The Pope is expected to use his first address to the United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a move to adopt […]

Appearing as the cover story for the October issue of The Scientist, I’ve teamed up with my colleague Dietram Scheufele to pen a 4,000 word feature that expands on the […]

I’m back in DC after an all too short trip to Minneapolis. Chris Mooney and I flew in to speak at the annual meetings of the Association for Reproductive Health […]

Philosopher Paul Kurtz has been an influential mentor to me and he remains a major inspiration. Back in 1997, Kurtz hired me to work at the Center for Inquiry-Transnational as […]

In a cover story at this week’s NY Times magazine, Gary Taubes digs deep into the world of epidemiological research on diet and health. It’s an important topic to call […]

Ira Flatow has a new book out chronicling his award winning interviews at NPR’s Science Friday. Flatow appeared on NPR’s Diane Rehm show yesterday to talk about Present at the […]