Henry Miller is a physician and scientist known for his expertise in drug regulation, public health policy, and biotechnology. He is a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a former official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard critiquing health care policy, environmental activism, and FDA regulatory issues.
By choosing a seasoned Washington operator like former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services, President-elect Barack Obama has made his health care priorities clear. He will promote an aggressive legislative agenda with far-reaching effects not only on…
On July 17, the Congressional Gold Medal (the nation's highest civilian award) was bestowed on Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution that brought modern agricultural methods to much of the developing world. Borlaug's work, for which he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, averted malnutrition,…
TBill Clinton regularly touts the importance of science and technology and calls for increased government influence over research. He decries congressional budget-balancers who would trim mediocre technology programs such as those at the Department of Commerce, asserting that the federal government…