The greatest minds of the 16th century.

I named my post "the greatest minds of the 16th century" because some politician, and I don't remember who, quipped once that religious Islamic countries had some of the greatest minds of that age -- and not much had changed today. Their heads were still back there in medieval times.

But you know, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. A CNN article today about the Republican debate included this sentence:

The field split on another issue, with Brownback, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo raising their hands when moderator Chris Matthews asked who did not believe in evolution.

Since when did being a Republican mean that you were anti-science, religiously wacky and against individual rights?