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…”