Sciencedebate 2008

Sciencedebate 2008
One of my biggest concerns over the last 8 years has been the degradation of the value of science in policy development and political discourse in this country. Too often it seems legislation is passed without serious consideration or understanding of the underlying scientific of physical phenomena at work. In many cases, the present administration has censored or controlled government agency developed scientific research to further their political agendas.

For me this is a very important issue that has implications on every level of policy from climate change and environmental concerns to education and immigration policy yet somehow, amongst all the accusations of sexism, patriotism, experience and porcine cosmetics, the course of the current presidential campaign has managed to avoid any detailed discussion about the role science will play in the administrations of Senator's Obama or McCain.

Head to the Sciencedebate 2008 link above to read side-by-side answers to 14 enlighting questions from Senators' Obama and McCain specifically. Unfortunately, there is no way of telling which advisors wrote these pieces or advised the candidates on their answers but its interesting none-the-less.