It's taken just a small amount of time to skim about 20 articles about Sarah Palin's much anticipated appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. They range from fawning adulation to overt derision. Sandwiched in between these two extremes are the pseudo-intellectual meanderings of people vetting every word and inflection of not only Sarah, but Oprah.Is there no one who will just say the truth? It was nothing more than an appearance of a woman, who appeared to be telling the truth, on a fluffy daytime talk show. It was not worthy of adulation, and it certainly didn't deserve to be castigated. Sarah seemed to be honest and was very charming. Nothing more or less.
Have we lost our ability to see the obvious? Things really can be simple. Occam knew that, and so do I. My favorite saying has always been, "Let's cut to the chase." That's one of the reasons I detest meetings. A group of folks in a meeting will rarely "cut to the chase." They form steering committees instead.
I think Sarah knows all about Occam's Razor and my bet is that she too, wants to "cut to the chase."
Update: Here's one article I hadn't read yet (because it was just published)
My hat is tipped to Stacy McCain for his great article in American Spectator:
