Quick post: I was mailing these to Coz and decided I’d share a bit more widely.  Two sites which I’ve only just started following, both of which claim to check politicians on both sides of the fence (and off in the back paddock) purely on their facts.  Or, they being politicians, on their distorted fabrications [...]

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Interesting article in NPR - if you can get past the fact that its a radio transcript, and they use the phrase “you know” more often than the judges at a valley girl competition - where they discuss the human tendency to hold onto belief more strongly in the face of contradictory facts.  I’ve long [...]

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