Never select a political reporter for jury duty
More political reporters are either unable or unwilling to harness the cognitive and analytic effort involved in grasping basic evidentiary principles. But figuring out what impact is more likely than not to flow from a tax cut or from switching Medicare to a voucher system really isn't so hard.
Don’t be fooled by “common sense”
Politicians have used and abused the term “common sense” for a long time. A discussion of the history of the term and why appeals to common sense need to be scrutinized carefully.
