Facts matter

Columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. spoke last night at Loyola Law School. His topic, facts matter. On this issue he is absolutely on target as we have previously blogged. The Times Picayune article is here.

Demons of stupidity are winning

I have been increasingly troubled by the unreasoned discourse which has politicized so many issues. Nowhere is that process more evident that in matters relating to organized labor. This point is underscored in Kevin Williamson's NRO piece about ACORN, the SEIU, and the Republican oversight report released last week which does a fine job of detailing certain abuses before, as Williamson writes, "the authors slopped the report up with tangential complaints and grossly exaggerated claims about ACORN’s role in the housing bubble." More after the jump: