Weak Brains

The anti-science guys on the Right have a lot of power--they've sublet the Republican Party for years. That's not because Republican leaders don't understand climate change. It's because the leaders fear their own delusional base. The anti-science guys on the Left don't own a party, but they manage to do harm. According the Mary Callahan of the Press Democrat, Sonoma County (where wingnuts fear vaccinations, fluoridated water, etc.) has a whooping cough rate 14 times the California average. Whooping cough can and does kill infants, but immunization can be thought of as a government plot if your brain lacks enough gluten.