Where do liberal Democrats come from? One reader offers a possible
explanation: “Derb: As always, I enjoyed your column today, even if it was
a bit of a downer. When I was a kid, I read a book called ‘The Universe
Between.’ I forget the author, but the story was pretty interesting. Some
scientists finally got to Absolute Zero, and it opened a portal to another,
seemingly parallel universe. They kept sending people through the portals,
but they came back complete catatonic vegetables…”