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Monday, June 11, 2007 12:00 AM

Better to be Hamlet than President George

Doubt is a virtue, JFK told students 45 years ago. Without it we have the tragic bluster and empty optimism of political culture today.
By Peter Birkenhead

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  • Friday, June 15, 2007 04:19 AM

    Doubt is a virtue

    to the extent certainty is not. That is; doubt and certainty are relative (& closely related.), in this case, to virtue.

    I am certain I have my doubts. I doubt Iraq had wmd, was connected to 9/11, or has anything to do with Obama.

    Well, I'm not so sure about the last one.

    bah.

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