Intellect in a waterless land:

Intellect in a waterless land: "And I had to writhe in pain wondering why I disagreed with the prevailing orthodoxy around me and why liberalism wasn’t a useful social tool—an intellectual tool… I felt that it was kind of like coming out of the closet as not just gay but as a flaming transvestite with a sparkler fetish and with chaps." http://bit.ly/gcu6rx
"at a certain point, people like me and Sarah Palin stand up and say to hell with this. Why are we treated as second-class citizens? Why are we treated worse than the underwear bomber?" ibid.  http://bit.ly/f0gvlR