The Republican Party is so determined to discredit the theory of evolution that it went from nominating Sarah Palin to be vice-president in 2008 to nominating Donald Trump to be president in 2016.

More than that, I'd like to think that a President-elect would know what it does, and would choose someone with some relevant experience to run it. The current Secretary was the chair of the physics department at MIT, and the guy before him was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. And here comes Rick Perry.

I'm not being snarky or insulting, but I honestly can't figure out what you're trying to say in those two sentences. What I was trying to say in my comment was simply that if Trump can get elected today, Clinton surely could have, too.

Have you noticed who's about to become President?

I don't know that 9/11 ensured Bush's victory in 2004. It led us — inexplicably — into Iraq, which made Bush a fairly weak candidate in '04. A better candidate than Kerry (whom I liked) running a better campaign could have beaten him.

I'm not sure how old you are, but we were freely admitting that back in 1998. But he was also a good President who's done plenty of other good things in his life. That doesn't mean he's not a gross disgusting man for pressuring an intern into sleeping with him (and for some of the other things he's done). But all of…

Impeachment trial — not hearings. This thing went to trial in the Senate, which is what happens when someone is impeached.

National Geographic lives. I'm stumped for anything else. (Hallmark Channel? Greeting cards are kind of like really small, short magazines that you read, right?)

This is the greatest thing I've read today, and it deserves far more than the one upvote I can give.

That's one of my very favorites from Otis.

Foo Fighters, "Big Me"
Sam Cooke, "Tennessee Waltz"
The Strokes, "Heart In a Cage"
The Drifters, "Save the Last Dance for Me"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Dreamville" (live)
The Go-Go's, "Vacation"
Dusty Springfield, "Wishin' And Hopin'"
Nirvana, "On a Plain"
Dixie Chicks, "Am I The Only One"
The Beatles, "And Your Bird Can…

I thought Chappelle and Brennan had something of a falling out after Chappelle's Show, or at least went their separate ways. Are they working together again?

If either of you hasn't been there, I recommend Woodlands, in Langley Park, since you're both from Maryland. (Not for lunch today, because it would be a quite a hike from Rockville or Bethesda. But as often as possible otherwise.) I live in D.C., but try to get out there as often as I can talk my friends into going.…

It wouldn't be an authentic Indian restaurant if something didn't get lost in translation. Surly, disinterested waiters are also a requirement.

After seeing that, I think they're just what I know as vadas. (Apparently medu refers to lentils, and urad dal specifically; I was not aware that vadas could be made of anything but lentils.) I've never known them to be particularly light or fluffy, but it's possible that my mom and other relatives just didn't make…

I'm curious, ballerina, if you contacted the Democrats with your Obamacare story, and if anything came of it. (But if you don't feel like sharing for any reason, no problem.)

You're welcome. And we are trying to take something back. There's no need to apologize for that. It's what we're trying to do that distinguishes us from the other side.

I forgot about the coconut chutney. Good call.

I'm not sure what medu is, and vadas don't do much for me generally — I've always found them kind of heavy and greasy — but I'm giving you an upvote for knowing what they are and liking them.

See? He's not self-absorbed at all.