Odds and ends 2/13/14

Two (unrelated) items in my queue, on familiar topics: ambiguity and government by the nearest. Ambiguity.From Nathan Sanders on Facebook 11/29/13, what he described as “cannibalistically amusing ambiguity on my bag of potato chips”: We think they taste great, and we think you will too. The question is what’s ellipted (or “understood”). The intended meaning … Continue reading Odds and ends 2/13/14