So im very excited to have the event today on science, called science left behind on alexs great book. But before we start if i seem a little fuzzy, youve seen the commercials that go Something Like this, when you pay too much for cable, you throw things, when you throw things, people think you have anger issues. When your schedule clears up, you grow a scraggly beard, and when you start taking in stray animals, you cant stop taking in stray animals, dont pay too much for cable. [laughter] i have my own version. Your doctor insists you have a checkup. He insists you have the flu shot and a tetanus booster. You wake up the next day feeling youve been beaten by a grill la with a gorilla with a baseball bat. I havent yet wandered out into the street. If i seem to be heading that way, please, stop me. So todays event, theres been a battle going on for some time now in dueling books and sharp exchanges on the internet and the blogosphere over whether or not one side of the political spectru