James Madison wrote, "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or perhaps both."  The increased suppression of scientific dissent in America in recent years proves the accuracy of Madison's observation.

In a recent diary, I described the lack of adequate and accurate public information on radiation hazards. Unfortunately, the nuclear-proliferation-for-profit crowd has a long history of trying to suppress public dialogue about nuclear safety rather than support their own positions with facts presented openly. Scientists who offer contrary facts and opinions soon find that they have themselves become "radioactive," as one whistleblower described it to me.