[T]he man who makes a charge without knowing it to be true, falsifies as much as he who knowingly tells a falsehood

-Abraham Lincoln (from the first of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates)

[Something to remember especially on social media]

I find it particularly ironic that the same people who look down their noses at the Middle Ages are quick to criticize nothing about foreign civilizations and spout platitudes such as "We can't judge them by our standards. We don't understand their culture fully; if we did, we'd see how great it is."

So the response to those complaining about the Middle Ages should be "Did you just assume your culture is superior? You can't judge the Middle Ages by your cultural standards."

Of course, spotting the pattern, the accepted biases are generally just veiled anti-Christianity and/or misguided belief in the noble savage...

-commenter LugNut22 on John C. Wright's blog

If today is always the best of times, then it must be better than yesterday, and the best always yet to come. All is progress: Rome never fell; it ascended. Humans never sinned; they discovered. The dog never returned to its vomit; it upcycled and reused and reduced its footprint until the world became better than Eden could ever have been.

-commenter Josh on John C. Wright's blog

Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.

-"Iowahawk"

(via Mike Flynn)