witch hunt

My colleagues and I cannot perform our duties if research or testimony provided to us is influenced by undisclosed financial relationships

stoat | February 26, 2015

Or so says Representative Raúl M. Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat in the colonies. In which case, he's an idiot1. He's a politicain. He should be used to, he should expect, daily to be talked to, to be lobbied, by people with strong political motivations, some or many of which will be hidden from him. He should not be relying on the motives of those presenting information to him to be pure-as-the-driven-snow, he should be relying on his own ability to evaluate what's said. Or if he's too stupid to do that himself, get some staffers to do it for him. Or in the case of climate science, just read…

How many people were killed as Witches in Europe from 1200 to the present?

gregladen | December 2, 2012

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