Joe Lieberman the REAL Maverick

We are at the point now where this has become the classic legislative process of trying to get a fig leaf that everyone can hide behind. And I don't want to do that.
--Lieberman

This man is part of the solution. Freed of adherence to either party line, he can do what he thinks is right. We need more representatives who are willing to play the rascal.

The Evolution of Conservatism

Isn't it ironic that the social conservatives in the US today got they way they are by way of evolution? The disposition of being fearfully averse to strange people or unfamiliar situations is instinctive. The people who behave the most instinctively in our society are the ones who wish to deny evolution. =-]
( a couple interesting quotes, nothing on the new research here, all old stuff )

The Cat Chronicles: The Third Rat

( today )