Are you afraid? Well you probably don’t need to be as afraid as are. Daniel Gardner is the author The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger, and he’s going to tell us why our primitive response to fear causes us problems in today’s modern world.

You might not know it from the media coverage, but John McCain has made no fewer than 61 flip-flops (aka refinements) on policy positions. Here’s the list. The latest of these is a “clarification” on his statement that gays should not be able to adopt. We want to find out why his 180s aren’t skewered and lampooned in the media half as much as Barack Obama’s “refine” comments. Eric Boehlert of Media Matters has a theory or two to explain this phenomenon.

Today’s McCain untruth – from a surrogate as usual – is that there is no wildlife in ANWR. Ok, let’s pause here and spell out what ANWR stands for: Arctic National WILDLIFE Refuge. Man, do they really want to drill for oil everywhere they can.

Plus, green speed dating, more news from the Courts on the fate of gitmo detainees, a Bush related bribery scandal, bank runs, a ban on baggy pants and much, much more …