Today’s Editors’ Choice

• Joe Bastardi: The March for … What?
• Tony Perkins: Preying Silently: The Crisis of Christian Persecution
• Gary Bauer: Don’t Dismiss Dr. Dean

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Opinion in Brief

Joe Bastardi: “[N]o one in their right mind would say they are against [the March for Science] because of its name. First of all, you are standing against the right of people to march for whatever cause they wish. Second, you would be portrayed as someone who is against science. I am all for science. I think the climate changes. It always has and always will. Yet I have been portrayed as anti-science and a climate change ‘denier’ by many who [marched] for things I certainly believe in. Just who does not believe in science? It’s a straw man the marchers are marching against. … What I am trying to figure out is why there is a march when many of the people in that march have no tolerance for the questioning of their position. While I think it’s noble to be inclusive and diverse, are any ‘skeptics’ included as speakers? Is there diversity of thought? Of course not. … One must be very careful when questioning the motives in academia. There seems to be two opposing forces today in society in general: people who seek to earn their keep, and people who believe they are owed their keep. There is no question that without research … we would not be where we are today. But guess what fuels the economic engine that allows people the grant money, etc., for research?”