There are no standards of fact anymore for a lot of people. We have gone from selecting sources of opinion that we agree with to selecting facts we agree with.
James B. McPherson, author of the Conservative Resurgence and the Press, to the New York Times 6.27.11
The president of Yale believes that in 10 to 15 years there will be 5 to 6 major global universities of great excellence and we’ll be lucky if two of them are from the United States."
Jim Hoge, outgoing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine, on Morning Joe 11.22.10