That's why it was in quotation marks. American media are very, very conservative by developed world standards. They cover the spectrum from center-right (NYT, WP) to classic by-the-book fascist (Fox)

I'm surprised, actually. The idea that anyone who is good in Science must be a borderline autistic socially inept shmuck is about as true as "All feminists are ugly, angry bulldaggers." It's a cruel cultural stereotype that doesn't even have the saving grace of truth. To be a top-flight anything - musician, athlete,…

Why wasn't he brilliant or a genius? His personal relations weren't great, at least with Mileva. But he was one of the greatest physicists of all time.

Seriously, I think someone is over-thinking primatology. A lady monkey or ape spends a lot of time knuckle-walking. The hoo-hah is right out there where anyone can see it. Bigger and redder and visibly showing estrus are more obvious and easier to manage.

Thank 'ee, Duchess.

And Fundamentalists (anyone's Fundamentalists) are definitely "Number Two" ifyaknowwhaddamean

The 50s alright. The 1850s. And if they have their way the 1350s

Wish I had been quick enough off the mark to promote this

Gotcha. I'm still not sure. Look at the kiwi. The late Dr. Gould believed it evolved from larger closely-related birds. And island life can shrink animals of all sorts, even the oviparous.

Yeppers. That is the truth.

Warning: Contains illustrative example of chimpanzee ladyparts.

I know. One of our dearest friends is a leader in the local Muslim community. Sadly, she's on a Fulbright studying women's issues in the UAE so we don't see her much. Her parties were hotbeds of discussion about controversial topics. Work. School. Who was marrying whom. Children. Sports. Which local mosque had the…

To be fair, atheists are more hated and distrusted than Muslims by a wide margin.

Then come up with a better one. Please. "Islamophobia" is too abstract and too long.

My wife learned to sleep through the call to prayer and says "Go back to bed! Sleep is better than prayer! Sleep is pleasing in the eyes of God!"

Egg-laying animals inevitably get too big and go extinct because of it?

Yes, and we're still all "potential terrorists" as far as the NYPD, the FBI and the Republican Party are concerned.

Muslims have. Repeatedly. Loudly. And since they are the biggest victims of terrorism worldwide it's not surprising.

Very true. That is the one iron measure of success in Hollywood.

Funny when you remember that Sir Baden-Powell was almost certainly as queer as pink ink.