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Monday, November 5, 2007

Monday, November 5, 2007

Actually Telling the Truth

One big thing universities do is draw conclusions that are based on evidence. The evidence has to be looked at carefully, sifted, compared, refined, and tested. It's basic, boring, indispensable stuff. It allows you to say something relatively true.The contrasting case is the world of American political claims. "Spin" is too kind a word. The journalist Michael Tomasky analyzes...