4.03.2002

P.J. O'Rourke on "pious thoughts from wise fools":

The Atlantic | March 2002 | Nobel Sentiments | O'Rourke

To sum up, here we have a statement beginning with a thesis that had been disproved before it was uttered and ending with a palpable untruth. The logic meanders. The ideas are banal. The text exhibits a remarkable prolixity, considering that it's only 284 words long. Is this the best that 103 Nobel Prize winners can do?

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