It's a smart argument, but one that could have been more persuasive within a stronger story.
This is the smart argument, and one of the only ones that could take the RIAA's lawsuits down a notch.
The Rutherford-Smart argument may free reductionism from the chains of the layered theory model, but in downgrading biology from science to engineering, it also frees holists from the requirement to recognise that molecular biology has achieved any worthwhile theoretical advances.
That lame rationale is similar to the, "Well, they are tough and smart, too," argument trotted out in defense of the newest incarnation of "Charlie's Angels".
"It's a chance to think about timeless ideas by listening to a smart series of arguments.
We call the fallout to any article the "comments," but since they are often filled with solid arguments, smart corrections and new facts, the thing needs a nobler name.
But an equally plausible explanation is that boys are encouraged to tough out difficult courses in unpopular subjects, while girls, no matter how smart, receive fewer arguments from their parents, teachers or guidance counselors if they drop a physics class or shrug off an AP exam.
It will require intellectual conviction, powerful argument, smart policies and a strong coalition of interests, backed by the best in business and finance.
Consider the conversation now closed: Truscott, half-naked and twice as smart as any argument you've heard in its defence, administers a devastating takedown of rape-joke culture here.
But Karen Seymour, in her rebuttal summation, came up with the obvious rejoinder to Morvillo's desperate argument: "Smart people committing stupid crimes or doing stupid things, your common sense tells you that that's what white-collar criminals do every day".
