"Every gross brained idiot is suffered to come into print." ~ Thomas Nash (1592)
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
--Archilochus
Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."
Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."
Albert A. Gore, Jr.:"An incontinent brute."
Rev. Jeremiah Wright:"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."
Friends of GF's Sons:"Is that really your dad?"
Kickball Girl:"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."
Hired Hand:"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."
Comments on "New York Times Corrections: I'm Glad We've Got That Straight"
I'm glad they corrected the detail. It's important to have facts right.
Well, wait a minute. Is the NYT giving up too quickly here in confesing error? Maybe it is Tolkein who got the names mixed up.