Obama, the Mad Scientist
Who knew Obama doubled as the next Edwin Hubble. 
It’s about time we had a president who actually knew technology was the way for the US to remain in the top tier across the board (economically, brain trust and jobs).
Check out his Office of Science & Technology Policy blog (still in the incubation stage).
While the OSTP doesn’t appear to be fully running as yet as (the President just established the advisory council today), he named Dr. John Holdren Director of OSTP, whose focus has been on environmental science and public policy
What’s fascnating is that while the OSTP sounds new, it was actually established in 1976.
That says something when the 94th Congress (we’re on the 110th) and President Gerald Fordrealized tech was the wave of the future and nothing seemed to really happened until now (granted, “now” is a strong word, since things are just getting started).
But that’s the point. This does sound like more effort than in previous administrations (er, this isn’t a slight on Bush).
Nonetheless, like many, I’m encouraged.
As an aside, I just read Angels & Demons (actually, reread, since the movie’s coming out in a few weeks). Talked about the bitter feud between science and religion.
