Cool Science

I don't talk politics at school - it's not right. If any of my students have found this blog, hopefully you're mystified about my political leanings, don't care what I think about politics, and have resolved to decide for yourselves. That's an order. But out here in blog-space, I can muse a little about it.

It's amazingly selfish but true - most voters choose on the basis of what they perceive will be best for themselves. So I'd like to point out my own anecdote that I have heard Obama often mention 'research' in his talks and sound-bites. I haven't heard that word come out of McCain yet. Maybe he's said it - this is not en entirely fair judgement. And sure, it's in his platform and if asked he would say glowing things. But given how flooded we are with political multimedia (which reminds me : would Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann both please stop yelling at me?), McCain has had plenty of chances to spontaneously say it out loud. So what this says to me is that Obama has 'research' enough on his brain that he can squeeze it into some prominent political appearances and it sends a signal that science has a chance to be something that would be valued in his administration.