Professor of political science and expert on science in the public sector.
It's been a little over a year since I was in an op ed writing seminar taught by @lollardfish.bsky.social, but I finally wrote one.
Ann KellerWhat Fauci’s diaries and Congress' hearing show about science and public health share.google/5ynL6cvahaiJ...
What Fauci’s diaries and Congress' hearing show about science and public health share.google/5ynL6cvahaiJ...
Opinion | Fauci’s diaries show he changed his mind often. That’s what scientists are supposed to do.Ann Keller: Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong — and share with the public what they are learning.share.googleAs an expert in pandemic response, I find myself astounded that the media and much of the public treated learning as if it was failure. Experts aren't omniscient. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions on Covid Origins at Senate HearingSenator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.www.nytimes.comME: maybe it's your failed policies, lying politicians, historic corruption, racism, and general violence towards people here and abroad GOP: But those things never dampened voter enthusiasm before ME: 😬 Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Republicans see ‘scary’ lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midtermsPollsters and GOP groups are raising the alarm about an unmotivated base in an election year that would be tough no matter what, given the president’s low approval.www.washingtonpost.comMarmor was such a constructive presence. In giving feedback he helped often younger scholars get on firmer ground. Like we were all in this together and should lift one another up. So incisive, but also approachable and humorous. He will be missed and remembered.
Jon OberlanderSad to hear that Ted Marmor has passed away. A pioneer who helped create field of health politics & one of the first US scholars to study Canadian health insurance & advocate for single payer.Ted believed in public policy that embraced social insurance to achieve health & social security for all
How long before these signs become part of an exhibit in the Smithsonian about this particularly fascy part of American history
Alt National Park ServiceTrump has ordered that “warning” signs be placed at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, directing that visitors be told the museum contains “inaccurate information.” FFS!
First, I believe he had salt, not meth in his car. Second, I would not care if he did have meth. There's no law in this country that allows law enforcement to murder someone for drug possession. The correct answer to the allegation is, "Stop deflecting."
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickAfter ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo, the FBI leaked to Fox News a claim that he was found with possible meth in the van. His family said it was a total falsehood; it was a bag of salt to be used to make an electrolyte drink. And they were right. It was not drugs.
I predicted that NYTimes would try to undermine Mamdani at every turn. 3 surprises here: they point out that Dems preside over stronger economies while raising taxes, criticize regressive property tax structure in NYC, and they praise Mamdani as pragmatic. Huh. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
Opinion | The Second Home Tax Is a Win for New YorkThe recent debate over the new pied-à-terre tax in the city offers a useful case study.www.nytimes.comNot that we needed more evidence of democratic backsliding, but... NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE ConfrontationsSenior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.www.nytimes.comThe problem with universities is that they produced things like the science predicting climate change and the science that race is a social construction and not predictive of anything other than discrimination. Maybe universities are under attack for their successes, not their failures.
Mark CopelovitchThank you for illustrating the very serious problem of everyone in society blaming universities for every single thing about American society that is a problem or they don't like
Apparently Paxton is now campaigning on, "If we (the GOP) lose TX, we lose the country." He sounds a little nervous, doesn't he? Talarico draws large crowd in Collin County — Ken Paxton's home base | KERA News share.google/7jRsdFtagHE8...
Talarico draws large crowd in Collin County — Ken Paxton's home baseDemocrat James Talarico took his senate battle to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's home base Monday night, speaking to a crowd of thousands in Collin County.share.googleIt makes me crazy that I have to wonder if they did this because they invested in ivermectin during Covid. Someone tell me that that's not why they shut down the program for preventing parasitic infections.
Laura BassettThe metaphors are getting stronger
Authoritarians destroying science and universities isn't new. It's just new to the US. Unfortunately, it seems like most Americans have no idea how central federal research funding and universities are to the US economy.
Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhDwww.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... an ominous trend: graduate admissions are down 15 percent from last year, on top of an 11 percent decrease from the previous year we are destroying our seed corn