The Ideological and Intellectual Detritus of a Tragedy: premature judgments in investigations

There were two bomb explosions in Boston yesterday. Little if anything is known about the possible culprit or culprits. Nonetheless...

a commentator on a left-leaning public radio station in Boston said (s)he thought the most likely culprits were right-wing Minutemen
a commentator on a right-leaning radio station in New York City said (s)he thought the most likely culprits were radical Islamists
Both commentators are feckless idiots.

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Brainless at the Office

Gregory Sorenson,  The White House Brain Initiative Hits a Tax Hurdle  (Op-Ed) Wall Street Journal (April 15, 2013):
"Robert Frost once wrote that 'The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.'" 

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