A monkey's uncle

On HBO's Real Time, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) told host Bill Maher flat out that he does not believe in evolution. "I believe I came from God not from a monkey," he said with a straight face. Evidently, the man has trouble grasping scientific facts. It proves once again that Darwinian evolution is an ongoing process, and that some of us (especially politicians of a certain conservative stripe) are still on the arduous journey from Cro-Magnon to Homo Sapien. Hopefully, the good congressman will catch up with the rest of us higher primates. We managed to diverge from the prehistoric great apes (the Nakalipithecus) some five million years ago. What’s taking Kingston so long? Having a highly developed brain capable of abstract reasoning, problem solving and introspection is fun. You’ll like it, congressman. I promise. Best of all, it will make all of those pesky facts make sense. So, dude, shake off that primordial ooze and pick up the pace.