Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.

Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is little more than observation putting on airs.

In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism.

The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own.