Examines the current state of science in the political sphere, looking at how strategies for alleviating global warming are resisted by powerful interests and faith-based objections to the teaching of evolution erupt from the public. The politicization of science is nothing new, of course. Ever since Galileo's clash with the Roman Catholic Church, advances in scientific knowledge have had a strained relationship with powerful interests.

Democracy's science problem. The war on science -- The politics of science -- The history of modern science politics. Religion, meet science -- Science, meet freedom -- Gimme shelter -- Science, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- The rise of the antiscience news media -- The three-front war on science. The identity politics war on science -- The ideological war on science -- The industrial war on science -- Winning the war. Freedom and the commons -- Battle plans -- Truth and beauty.