This is probably the most important question of the bunch
...but not in the way that you framed it.
SmartPlanet is a publication about global business innovation. When we first launched we were heavy on the innovation (thus the science) but lately we've tried to address the "global" and "business" parts a bit more. So that's why you see dispatches from around the world, and that's why you're seeing more stories about entrepreneurs and new markets. We're trying to balance a bit.
What we're not doing, however, is running a "hyper-partisan" site. See my comments in reply to other readers for more on how we feel about politics.