Links for you. Science:
How Well Do Miss USA Contestants Represent Their States?
Hacking the genome with a MAGE and a CAGE
The Bugs That Changed Human History
Trouble in the Fourth Domain?
Other:
A Feminist Economist Speaks Out: Deficits are a Grrrl's Best Friend
What Makes You Think Obama is Conceding Anything? (yes, Obama is a Rockefeller Republican)
Twitter drives 4 times as much traffic as you think it does (explains a lot of what I see when I look at my referrals)
A History of College Grade Inflation
The Moral Imperative for the Continuation of Low Tax Rates for the Top Income Fractiles
Doug Smith: The Maximum Wage
Will you vote for Obama (again)?
A Visit to the Warehouse of Soul-Crushing Sadness
More like this
Just the salient points.
McCain does not want to spread the wealth around.
Obama wants to cut the 15 billion dollar subsidy to insurance companies.
Obama wants to invest in higher education.
A wide range of opinions:
Apparently, Matt Stoller, like the Mad Biologist, wants to hear a dog whistle from Obama too (italics mine):
A lot of people think the debate was pretty even. Obama supporters liked Obama, McCain supporters liked McCain, I assume (that is utterly obvious). But what matters is the effect on uncommitted voters.
Thanks for your useful links.