Got your attention? Good. Have a look at this:
Libertarians are generally characterized by (misplaced) arrogance. Liberals are generally characterized by...well, I don't actually know, but I'm sure I'll get suggestions. Conservatives are generally characterized by fear.
It informs all their policies.... Read the rest here, at "A Movement of Cowards." It is an excellent discussion of the way fear motivates. Fear motivates us all at times and to varying extent, but it mainly works on the cowards. Like Rand Paul and his head stomper, and Michele Bachmann and her ilk in the House.
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As you probably know, the Phoenix has landed on Mars. No problems so far.
Disease Gene Characterization through Large-Scale Co-Expression Analysis:
In an update to their groundbreaking earlier demonstration that high-IQ children initially show a thinner cortex, and later show an initially thicker one than their average-IQ peers,
The rest of you might be totally lost. Here's a soon-to-be-classic paper on the characterization of the Hoho2 gene (292K pdf)—the Santa phenotype seems to represent an optimization for an arctic niche.
Excellent characterizations. I would add to John's characterization of liberals by adding "disorganized" with empathy. ;) See my comment there.