Qualifications

Posted By on August 27, 2008 at 8:01 pm

More and more these days, when I’m watching programs with a scientific bent on the Discover Channel, or TLC or even the History Channel, I find myself thinking that every single declarative sentence uttered in any of these programs ought to end with “… at least, that’s what we believe right now.”
Theories and hypotheses being passed off as settled fact bother me greatly.

Quote of the Day, the Harking-Back-to-2005 Edition

Posted By on August 26, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Jonah Goldberg, on the Senator from Delaware, Joseph Biden:

The man loves his voice so much, you’d expect him to be following it around in a grey Buick, in defiance of restraining order, as it walks home from school.

Mr. Goldberg has additional thoughts on the Senator, in a post entitled “Biden’s Brains.” Worth reading.
[Originally posted 14Sept05.]