Monthly Archives: November 2013
Crimes Against Logic & Article by Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg: Oprah, Obama and the racism dodge November 20, 2013 In Britain to promote her film “The Butler,” Oprah Winfrey gave an interview to the BBC last week. Not surprisingly, she promoted her movie about race relations in the … Continue reading
Crimes Against Logic, Jamie Whyte
Preface, p. Ix What bothers me so much? Errors in reasoning. Fallacies. Muddled thinking. Call it what you like; you know the kind of thing I mean. P.x The modern world is a noxious environment for those of us bothered … Continue reading
Crimes Against Logic, Jamie Whyte
P. 2 The slogan, “You are entitled to your opinion” is so often repeated that it is near impossible for the brain of a modern Westerner not to have absorbed it. P. 4 You are entitled to an opinion…only when … Continue reading
Crimes Against Logic, Jamie Whyte
P. 11 …Motive Fallacy…. She thought that by exposing…motives for expressing an opinion…she had shown the opinion to be false. But she hadn’t. It is perfectly possible to have some interest in holding or expressing an opinion and for … Continue reading
P. 14 Political Motives The Motive Fallacy is so common in politics that serious policy debate is almost nonexistent. The announcement of a new policy is greeted, not with a discussion of its alleged merits, but with a flurry of … Continue reading
Crimes Against Logic, Jamie Whyte
P. 19 Authority “Because I say so” …. The fallacy lies in confusing two quite different kinds of authority…the power to decide certain matters. P. 20 Yet, there is another metaphorical sense of “authority” on which the answer “Because I … Continue reading
Crimes Against Logic, Jamie Whyte
Shut Up! P. 51 Your husband has not won the argument; he has not refuted your opinion. In another sense, however, he probably has won the argument….his remark will have diverted you from your original hypothesis and on to other … Continue reading
Crimes Against Logic, Jamie Whyte
This review very nicely sums up my feelings and reinforces my suggestion to skip the chapter “Prejudice in Fact Dress” pages 31-50. And, contrary to the author’s declaration that I cannot defend my opinion on religion with sound argument and … Continue reading
THE BOOK THIEF, Markus Zusak
To most people, Hans Hubermann was barely visible. An un-special person. Certainly, his painting skills were excellent. His musical ability was better than average. Somehow, though…he was able to appear as merely part of the background, even if he was … Continue reading
Letters, A. Lincoln & Jackie Kennedy
Executive Mansion,Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the … Continue reading
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