"While mistakes ought to be admitted as promptly and economically as possible, care ought to be taken to fill the resulting hole in the line of...
Correcting Argument Mistakes
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William Rusher
Media and the Kennedy Administration
"Where, in the case of the Kennedy presidency—the apotheosis of an imperial clan if there ever was one—was the media's alleged “inherent bias...
Media’s Legal Victories
"When the media win a court case, we all hear about the victory; when they lose, “the issue” (in the words of the New York Times upon one such...
Aging and Public Service
"When a man is in his thirties, the idea of serving in somebody else's presidential administration can be exciting; in one's fifties, it merely...
Party Change and Political Alienation
"What's a nice guy like you doing in a party like that? … The Democratic party you have fought and bled for is gone." Source: If Not Us, Who?...
Winning an Argument vs. Truth
"What do we mean by “winning”? If the objective is to achieve some quick result—to induce a particular action, or even simply rouse an immediate...
Decline of U.S. Strength Perception
"We labored for at least two decades to persuade the rest of the world that we are a paper tiger. We succeeded, and the world is acting...
Lessons of Watergate
"Watergate teaches us, too, the virtues of having politicians, rather than mere managers and technicians, operating the levers of ultimate power....
Stoic Response to History
"to resist the inevitable as stoutly as one can … it may not be inevitable after all—my notion of the future may be mistaken. In the second place,...
Nixon’s Betrayal of Conservatives
"There is no sadder chapter in the whole history of American conservatism than that which describes how Richard Nixon, in whom the majority of...
Liberal Media Watchdogs
"There is evidence that liberals … may themselves be preparing to enter the lists of those who monitor the media. According to [an item in the...
From Stubbornness to Religiosity
"There are certain qualities inherent in the man—in a way, almost the most appealing things about him, since they are the most authentic—which make...