Say Anything Blog

Here’s a study that suggests that a major factor in abortion in Minnesota is “the economy.”

Now, never mind the fact that unemployment is low, and that GDP is growing.  Rather, contemplate the fact that we have wildly varying perceptions of the economy, but the abortion rate this year is about the same as that of last year.

In other words, just because people said something in a survey doesn’t mean that it’s true.  It means that people have been conditioned to give the “excuse of the month” by mass media for whatever they do.

Not a good sign, of course, if you view an educated, thinking electorate as a prerequisite for a thriving republic.  Or, as Pilgrim says in his comments....