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The perils of politicians rejecting expert advice: Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal

November 8, 2014

Governor Chris Christie’s media grabbing, grandstanding proclamations about Ebola reminded me of Louisiana’s Governor Bobby Jindal’s sand berms in 2010. Not that there is any relation between the Ebola virus and piles of sand, but the connection is that these two politicians received advice from acknowledged experts in their respective fields and then promptly ignored it … More The perils of politicians rejecting expert advice: Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal

Jindal’s berms: Critical thinking and politics

December 17, 2010

One of the most vivid images of the Gulf oil spill is that of Governor Bobby Jindal walking the shoreline and lambasting the administration for not moving quickly to build sand berms to protect the shore. He argued passionately that something had to be done and that the administration was failing.  What the administration did … More Jindal’s berms: Critical thinking and politics