No thoroughly vetting your VP choice could lead to embarrassing revelations. The latest, from Liz Arnett’s diary blog, is that Sarah Palin seems to have had connections with the Alaska Independence Party, a hardcore secessionist group whose views include (clipped from Kos):

A belief that “the vote for statehood was invalid because the people were not presented [...]

In what is being called the “signature illness of the YouTube era,” two Canadian psychiatrists have claimed to have discovered what they have dubbed “The Truman Show Delusion.” For those of you who have not seen that excellent film, it is about a ordinary suburban guy named Truman who gradually discovers that his entire life [...]