An unimportant little note (but one day I might start collecting these under "things I learned"

If anyone other than a medical doctor, bishop, or minister signs (EDITED IN a book or an article as) "Dr." so and so, you may safely conclude that s/he is a jumped-up ignoramus, and probably a snake oil salesman. Of course, plenty of bishops and ministers - and the odd medical doctor - also qualify, but in their case that is independent of their being called "Dr.".

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I am appalled that this kind of tosh: http://frontpagemag.com/2010/01/06/seven-miracles-that-saved-america-by-david-forsmark/ - is being not only published but promoted, even by a notoriously narrow-minded website. If the American conservative movement does not want to confirm every bad stereotype attached to them across the world, they ought to take the lead in criticizing and demolishing this sort of irrational (and ignorant) production.