It's only fair, really -- market advocates already have a never-ending stream of excuses for cherry-picking data, justifying their quasi-religious faith in the invisible hand, and explaining away market failures: If something succeeds, it was because of the market; if it fails, it was because of government meddling. Unbeatable logic!

And as for the phrase "liberal creationism" -- the attempt to conflate pro-science left-liberals with anti-science creationist conservatives is a cheap rhetorical maneuver worthy of a Jonah Goldberg award.

Speaking as a biologist and a liberal: We don't oppose the application of natural selection to public policy (and "hiring practices" -- I'm scared to find out what that means) because of a "taboo" or our love of large government. We oppose it primarily because it reflects a shallow, dim understanding of evolutionary theory, and secondarily (though perhaps just as importantly) because past efforts to incorporate "fitness" into policy decision-making have yielded ghastly, inhumane results.