Entries from August 2009 ↓

The traditional politician’s fallacy runs as:

1. Something must be done.
2. This is something.
3. Therefore, this must be done.

Amazing how many health-care discussions follow exactly this pattern:

1. The health care system in the US has problems and there are many ways in which it could be changed for the better.
2. Congress and Obama are proposing to change the health care system.
3. Therefore, we need to be ready to support whatever change will come out of Congress.

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This is embedded into the question “Do you support health care reform?” which is, properly speaking, a trick question. It seems to be asking whether you agree with proposition 1, but it really asks for support of proposition 3.

Just a week ago, I decided I should try shopping at Wal-mart every once because of what it represents, but wasn’t really looking forward to going to a new super-market (I’m a creature of habits).

Turns out I can still shop at Whole Foods with a clear conscience (I had forgotten that the CEO of WF is a contributor to the reason foundation).

After two years, Bill Clinton was a failed President. In the end, he turned out to be “the best Republican President of the 20th century.”