Political and social observations from two aspiring hedgehogs who love the Isaiah Berlin essay.
I'm out of town and up late and happened to have the Charlie Rose show on while checking my e-mail. A New York Times reporter named John F. Burns is reporting on Iraq, in a relentlessly positive way. He thinks things are headed the right direction. Am I dreaming?
posted by Lowell Brown at 11:56 PM
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
--John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770.
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I wonder if Mr. Burns's tenure at the Times will last...
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