Live from the Nuke Free Zone

Regarding the Democratic debate to be held here at Drexel in two weeks, I last posted that I was pondering some questions to ask.  Here are some possibilities I’ve come up with; comments solicited:

1.) Thomas Jefferson exhorts us to “Fix Reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion.’  What concrete steps would your administration take to restore rationality and reality to Executive Branch decisionmaking?

2.) What challenges face American competence in science, and if elected what would you do to meet them?

3.) Name one step your Administration would undertake to end what former Vice President Al Gore has called “The Assault on Reason.”  What are the obstacles that have prevented this step from being taken, and what benefits would you expect to reap from it?

4.) Most of the Republican candidates (May, Simi Valley; September, Fort Lauderdale) are willing to give creationism time in biology classes, as was attempted here in Pennsylvania.    Science standards are now part of No Child Left Behind testing — what would your administration’s standards require students to know about evolution?