Well, it’s been a busy few weeks trying to keep up with the US Presidential election campaign and the global economic crisis, to say nothing of trying to do some work occasionally.So, inevitably, the campaign is taking place in the shadow of ‘events’ and has been affected by them. As we move into the final [...]

“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.”
- Kathleen Parker, a National Review online columnist and a former Sarah Palin supporter.
Bullshit is big at the moment. And the ubiquity and effects of this anti-science and anti-logic form of fallacious rhetoric or argumentum verbosium (proof by verbosity) are beginning to be taken [...]

Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday (text | video) was never going to fall flat on its face. Compared to previous set piece events, the rhetoric was toned down and the content improved - all delivered in an electric atmosphere with the stadium backdrop shouting either confidence or hubris, depending on your optimism about the [...]