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What a handy tautology. I mean, like facts are fine and all, but let’s not let people get the “wrong” impression from the “wrong” version of the facts!


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View Article  Sincerity, no matter its intensity, does NOT confirm intelligence!

Martyrdom never confirms the factuality OF a cause; it only addresses the martyr’s belief IN a cause. Likewise, there is no inherent relationship between sincerity and intelligence. You can be as sincere as it gets and still be stupid.

Several ...   more »

View Article  A point or two of clarification!

Two things came up in conversation over this past week. First, two relatively young political opposites became rather vocal and animated over the state of Social Security in this country.

The other one involved a very close friend of mine ...   more »

View Article  Listen up! I need a volunteer.

 

Sometimes I hang out at the “mall.” In this case, I was hanging out at the Concord Mall in New Castle County, Delaware, just about a mile from the Pennsylvania State Line. It was late Friday afternoon.

There I ...   more »

View Article  We're the enemy!

 

No, I’m not talking about the war on terror or our invasion of Iraq, or any of the usual stuff that people write about whenever they want to discuss how much the world hates us.

I’m talking about US—ourselves! ...   more »

View Article  Whoa! How many zeros did you say?

 

Terrorism isn’t the worst danger we face in this country. It isn’t even close, either. And, while the war in Iraq is a serious problem for us, it isn’t the most urgent. Let me explain.

As a nation, we ...   more »