Next Answer, Please?
photo by phillieg The two most important answers from last week: There is a civil war going on in Iraq. Global warming is for real. Now, I understand that for many these facts are not new. To those, my apologies for stating -- repeating -- the obvious. But both of these subjects stopped being about winning over politicians, scientists, thinkers, the general public and kindergardeners a long time ago. We've had plenty of Perry Mason moments and the jury has been in for quite a while. No, these debates persist only to convince those powerful few who cling to opposing views for reasons that satisfy only themselves. Winning over a person whose point of view resides in a hardened bunker worthy of Saddam is hard work, as our president might say. A preponderance of the evidence falls laughably short. Evidence that is beyond even a reasonable doubt simply will not suffice. No, to convince someone that she is totally, disingenuously wrong requires an irrefutable proof that washes away eve...