Like you, I read the financial pages, watch the financial shows, scan some internet sites and try to use my noodle to make sense out of the wildly conflicting and, at times, seemingly insane economic opinions.
Thankfully, unlike in the horse-and-buggy nineties, there's now a place for people to voice their gentle opinions insane vitriol: Web comments!
The rush to paint Breivik as insane was, in my opinion, partly driven by discomfort at how a white, middle class Norwegian man could carry out such a heinous crime.
You quote Raymond Cotton, a lawyer who advises college presidents on their contracts, as deeming "insane" the expression of opinions by presidents.
I do know that jump jockeys, who are even more insane than cyclists in my opinion, generally expect to fall about once every 10 races.
"We were sacked because the new government needs scientists who will applaud increased logging, to convince public opinion that this insane idea is okay," said Przemysław Chylarecki, one of the dismissed scientists.
"In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane".
(Ramsay had earlier ventured a medical opinion that the tailor was dangerously insane and, on his deathbed, he insisted that his assailant could not be held accountable for his actions).
In the world of 1984, holding a minority opinion, no matter how sensible, is considered insane and subversive.
"I think calling attention to a show that's trying to actually say some things and touch on real issues is always good, and everyone's entitled to their opinion... even if those opinions are completely insane," he joked.
