Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well. - Michael Crichton

As the twentieth century drew to a close, the connection between hard scientific fact and public policy became increasingly elastic. In part this was possible because of the complacency of the scientific profession; in part because of the lack of good science education among the public; in part, because of the rise of specialized advocacy groups which have been enormously effective in getting publicity and shaping policy; and in great part because of the decline of the media as an independent assessor of fact.

One reason abortion remained illegal was because it was so safe.

If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.