Okay, first of all, the Sol Tax puns are flying in and all I want to do is duck. But I will suggest that should aliens who come here to steal our sun’s energy turn out to be Democrats, they would merely call it the Sol Tax.

Anyway, a reader responds to the other reader:

Jonah:
I would like to correct the impression of Sol Tax that was left by your “reader” When I was in graduate school my wife and I used to house/child sit for Sol Tax’s twin granddaughters when the children’s parents went out of town. Professor Tax was a mainstream New Deal Democrat. Even by today’s standards I don’t think he would not be considered a lefty.