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rshow55 - 02:24pm Jul 27, 2003 EST (# 13155 of 13267)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

Wonderful articles today - a person can be overwhelmed with them. But the quality is high, and I found these particularly interesting with respect to this thread - and some of the complications associated with it.

It make a difference whether or not information is disclosed in a form people can use - and this is a fine public service:

. There's No Way to Justify These Fees by Gretchen Morgenson http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/business/yourmoney/27WATC.html

There are stories about Nixon that seem related to some stories I've told on this thread, that have difficulties with collaboration - and that happened a long time ago. 12499-12500 <a href="/webin/WebX?14@13.Z9exbJU7wf8.2132515@.f28e622/14153">rshow55 6/12/03 11:43am</a>

30 Years Later, a Watergate Allegation: Former Aide Contends Nixon Ordered Burglary by David Von Drehle http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51085-2003Jul26.html

Ex-Aide Says Nixon Agreed to Break-In at Watergate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT) News http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/national/27WATE.html

Ex - Aide Says Nixon Ordered Break - In By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) News http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Watergate-Magruder.html

And an excellent piece on problems with memory and false memory - that provides clear context on the question of what can, and cannot, be "proved." The key point is that the things that happen in our mind are virtual - and sincerity is not the test for veracity. Questions of fact need to be checked, when that's possible. It isn't always - but usually, when things matter enough, we can get to a workable understanding - if we work at it, and assume that people can be mistaken, for "innocent" and not-so-innocent reasons - and that's true of everybody.

A Bad Trip Down Memory Lane by Bruce Grierson http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/magazine/27CLANCY.html

12499-12500 <a href="/webin/WebX?14@13.Z9exbJU7wf8.2132515@.f28e622/14153">rshow55 6/12/03 11:43am</a>

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