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

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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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Nothing much. I have believed this for years, but what brought it back to the surface was reading an article by "Dr.Paul Kengor" in the conservative website townhall.com, where he managed to miss an open goal out of sheer ignorance. Perhaps I should have specified that I mean in articles and books on general media release.