Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.

A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

There are many people of color who are very talented.

For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.

I have been much blessed.

Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. 5