Opinion

Guest Post: ‘I have found you an argument …’

RBC I As you read this, the final installment of Ms. Hemmerich’s series on climate change appears in a column nearby. This article refers to her Guest Post Part 3 published last week.

I am reminded of the retort by Samuel Johnson, 18th century writer and lexicographer, to a gentleman with whom he had a prolonged debate. “Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.” In…