My December column for Bridges is an interview with President Bush’s science advisor John H. Marburger. I ask him about his advice for his successor and what he sees as the outcome over the battles over the politicization of science during his tenure.

You can read transcripts from interviews that I did in 2005-2006 with six former science advisors, as well as Dr. Marburger, here. Those interviews and chapters written by each of the seven science advisors as well as former congressional staff and academic experts are part of a book that I have co-edited with Bobbie Klein to appear in 2009 titled, Presidential Science Advisors: Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics. It’ll be available well in time for your 2009 Christmas shopping;-)