Intelligent life

Amidst all the chest beating zenophobic rhetoric spewing forth from the States over the last week since Bin Laden's execution I came across this relatively balanced article from an American media outlet.

Proof that sentient beings can exist in even the inhospitable environments

Rothkopf writing for America's National Public Radio

Even more impressive when you read CV. He is no bleeding heart Liberal. His company - Garten Rothkopf - is a fully fledged establish wonk tank