Small Arms Fire
Oh, the Sophistication. Roger Kimball sums up the philosophy of our times: “It is an axiom of criticism that the extent of our disillusionment is a reliable index of our wisdom: the idea that somehow the less we believe the more enlightened we are.” That’s what makes Truthers impervious to contrary data.
In that context, one thinks of Chesterton’s famous observation: “When a Man stops believing in God he doesn¹t then believe in nothing, he believes anything.” But do you believe Chesterton really said that?
Passing the Buck through History. “Yesterday
Passing the Buck through Sophistry. “Today, this day, 34 Americans will be murdered by guns. And again tomorrow, and the day after.
It seems that every time one element of society goes bad, some other group engages in copycat crimes. Guns have gotten so much press that knives are now jealously trying to get into the act. We may soon see reports that cooks (who tend to own a lot of knives) are experiencing a higher rate of insubordination from their tools.
Yellow Science. “In the late nineteenth century, William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer developed what would come to be known as yellow journalism. By disregarding what had been standard journalistic methods, particularly in regards to the verifying of sources, these two publishers were able both to push their country toward war with
