Tim Bousquet, founder of the Halifax Examiner: "You’re either a journalist, or you’re part of the problem." Great essay on the problem with reporting and reporters today. Go read. It applies every bit as much to the U.S. as it does Canada.
Our Lady of the Snakes, Echidne, on the Tim Hunt story: "I love these foot-deep-in-the-throat stories, especially from those
people whom the world has coddled and revered to such an extent that
they now believe their utterances about everything is of great value. Not just their utterances about the area of their expertise, mind you, but about everything. It's a bit like Echidne criticizing opera singers or explaining to you in excruciating detail how to make a perfect souffle."
I haven't read Digby yet, otherwise you'd probably get a link to her as well.
