President George W. Bush and Senate majority leader Bill Frist have recently publicly advocated teaching intelligent design in science classes. Their endorsement of a discredited, nonscientific view could signal a huge step backward for scientific education. It is time for educated, motivated scientists to get involved and to educate others.

Policymakers in several states have introduced legislation to establish GPAs for small businesses. Earlier this year, H.R. 660 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and S. 545 was introduced in the Senate. These bills seek to establish federally regulated association health plans (AHPs; these are one type of GPA). President George W. Bush has actively promoted similar proposals.

This article explores two hypotheses about how voters encounter information during campaigns. According to the anticipated agreement hypothesis, people prefer to hear about candidates with whom they expect to agree. The ‘‘issue publics’’ hypothesis posits that voters choose to encounter information on issues they consider most important personally. We tested both hypotheses by distributing a mu...

BMJ VOLUME 328 19 JUNE 2004 bmj.com A sweeping mental health initiative will be unveiled by President George W Bush in July. The plan promises to integrate mentally ill patients fully into the community by providing “services in the community, rather than institutions,” according to a March 2004 progress report entitled New Freedom Initiative (www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/ newfreedom/toc-2004.htm...