Bill Foster

Science, logic, and truth should not be partisan issues; they are the cornerstones of fields that have made the United States a leader in innovation and a better place for everyone to live. ”

I was surprised that when you get into electoral politics how scientific the analysis was in the electorate. You can identify on a state-by-state or district-by-district basis fundamental building blocks that behave in different ways. I was impressed in general with the sophistication of polling. ”

In science, if you stand up and say something you know is not correct, that's career-ending. It used to be that way in politics, but not anymore. ”

The idea of ensuring that federal research dollars should be reasonably spread around is an arguably useful goal. But it should be done per person, not per state. ”

I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman. ”

My dad spent most of the '50s and early '60s actually acting as sort of an advance man for the Justice Department, as a civil rights lawyer. So it was actually reading his papers after he passed away a few years ago that first started me thinking about this... What fraction of your life do you spend in service to your fellow man? ”

If we choose to ignore science and refuse to fund important scientific research, we voluntarily cede our place as a world leader in innovation. ”

From a scientific point of view, it's hard for me to understand why someone in the Texas Panhandle should not have access to the same research funds that someone in the Oklahoma Panhandle can have. ”

One of the big concerns is the increasing disrespect for the scientific method and for policies that aren't based on facts and evidence. ”

The decline of particle physics in the U.S. is really a symptom of the erratic and sometimes anti-scientific attitudes in Washington and the incompetence of Congress in managing science. ”