25 years ago in reason."It is not literally true that Richard Nixon is a monster, but it is metaphorically true; and we can communicate a good deal of truth about Nixon's character by making the statement that he is a monster, which is a lie. So it is too with those longer, 'elaborately circumstantial EVIDENCE, CIRCUMSTANTIAL. The proof of facts which usually attend other facts sought to be, proved; that which is not direct evidence. For example, when a witness testifies that a man was stabbed with a knife, and that a piece of the blade was found in the wound, and it is found to fit lies' we call novels." --Jeff Riggenbach, "Ursula LeGuin: Novelist" "Critics treat Nozick almost as though he were the only living libertarian lib·er·tar·i·an n. 1. One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state. 2. One who believes in free will. [From liberty. ." --J. Charles King Charles King may refer to:
"Nothing could be better calculated to trigger the defenses of the bureaucratic bu·reau·crat n. 1. An official of a bureaucracy. 2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure. bu monopolists in public education than the implicit claim of the voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. system that the consumer has a better sense of his own self-interest than the provider." --E.G. West, "Challenging the Public School Monopoly" "It was once fashionable to talk about the sf 'ghetto' from which any writer with literary talent--or, at any rate, literary pretensions--longed to escape. Nowadays the 'ghetto' constitutes the largest part of the paperback market." --John J. Pierce, "Science Fiction Comes of Age" |
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