Category - No 2

Current Opinion: The Federal Government and People’s Needs

As food and energy prices soar, they pose an immediate problem for the poor, who must worry about keeping warm and feeding themselves. As food products become more processed, synthetic and chemicalized, they pose a longer-term threat to the health of all economic classes. The less poor, those not immediately...

Society May Be Dangerous to Your Health

Chest pain, coughing and dizziness brought Joe to the doctor, who performed a check-up and advised him to quit smoking. The doctor never asked about the fumes Joe found so irritating at his factory job. Nonetheless, smoking didn't help, Joe knew, so he went back to the job, resolving to cut out cigarettes except while...

Here Comes the Sun: The Government Discovers Solar Energy

On "Sun Day", May 3 1978, nationwide rallies celebrated the vast potential of solar energy. Millions of Americans were exposed to a media barrage on solar power, and for the first time many were able to see equipment ranging from solar cookers to windmills capable of producing electricity.

About This Issue

The article by Freda Salzman in this issue traces biological determinism from 19th century Social Darwinism and the Eugenics movement of the 1920's to present day sociobiological theories. Recent sociobiological writings, both in academic and popular spheres, are examined and the uses of sociobiology in maintaining...

Sociobiology: The Controversy Continues

After over almost a year's reflection and review and after analyzing the reaction to the new wave of books this fall on sociobiology, particularly E.O. Wilson's On Human Nature, the Sociobiology Study group of the Boston Chapter of Science for the People has decided on a new course of action. We find there is a...