> When we say "rose under Foo" we typically mean from start to finish. Huh, I don't. If I ask you if you got out of bed yesterday, I don't care whether you are

> When we say "rose under Foo" we typically mean from start to finish. Huh, I don't. If I ask you if you got out of bed yesterday, I don't care whether you are currently in bed or not. I'm asking if you rose at all. On economics, if I ask you if there was mass unemployment during the 30s, I don't mean "only in 1939." On WMDs, well, here we go again. Sarin tipped missiles were found in Iraq according to intelligence declassified in 2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have-bought-and-destroyed-iraqi-chemical-weapons.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have-... Before that, in a hearing at the HASC in 2006, regarding weapons found in Iraq during the war in various states of functioning, Army Col. John Chu reported, "These are chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and yes ... they do constitute weapons of mass destruction." http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=15918 http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=15918 More from WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-iraq-with-surprising-results/all/1 https://www.wired.com/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-contin... On the minimum wage, I know what you're getting at, but I'm sure Card and Krueger would quibble with the phrasing of the question, arguing that they also have an economic theory with different results. I think you're exaggerating what is clear cut and what's not to support your own bias that the world is comprised of simple uncomplicated facts, and people are either wrong or right. The more charitable explanation is that most issues belie significant nuance. Not every issue, to be sure. Obama was born in the US. Rain is wet. But a lot of these studies cherry pick issues of controversy that are issues of controversy precisely because they hide layers of nuance that some people want to pretend isn't there at all. The Iraq WMDs though... we just have HASC testimony on the record saying it's true, I don't know where you're coming from on that one. ;)