technology advisor to President Barack Obama. The interview touched on the attitudes towards science held by several presidents, including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.. He also wrote an article for Time on President Donald Trump's "anti-science attitude" and reiterated the argument in an opinion piece for the Guardian. His article for the Washington Post in March 2017 further highlighted the Trump administration's views on science and science literacy. Published books The lessons learned during his time working at FactCheck.org led Levitan to write a book in which he outlined 12 common tactics that politicians employ to "butcher science", including “the Butter-up,” “the Undercut,” and “the Oversimplification.” References External links Dave Levitan, C-SPAN http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/not-scientist https://undark.org/article/five-questions-dave-levitan/ Living people Haverford College alumni American science journalists Year of birth missing (living people)