“I'm not involved in any Philadelphia-related game or situation. When people claim I'm going to have a "vendetta" against every other Eastern Conference team I don't understand the logic: I'm not the one doling out the punishment.” PeopleGamesSituationTeamInvolvedLogicClaimsPunishmentRelatedEasternConferencesPhiladelphiaVendetta Author:Chris Pronger
“Iraqi's minister of information did not show up for his press conference today. However, he claims he was there and he said it went very well.” WellsSaidShowsTodayInformationClaimsPressesMinistersConferencesPress Conferences Author:David Letterman
“One thing that struck me about going to those tech conferences was all the enthusiasm for free culture, and remixing, and social media, but people's greatest ambition was to be sponsored by Chipotle or something equivalent to that. It was this weird mix of collaborative, utopian claims and this total acquiescence to commercial imperatives.” PeopleCultureSocialOne ThingMediaAmbitionClaimsSocial MediaEnthusiasmConferencesImperativesUtopianAcquiescenceChipotle Author:Astra Taylor
“Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been closed and claustrophobic for 35 years under John Paul II and Benedict XVI. I defy anyone who, over the last 35 years, has spent time on the campuses of Notre Dame or Georgetown, or who has read the National Catholic Reporter, or who has gone to a meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, to make that claim without experiencing a twinge of conscience that says, "I should wash my mouth out with soap."” ShouldYearsStoriesLastsChurchReligiousLinesGoneConversationMouthsConscienceClaimsCatholicMeetingsDebateReportersPopeConferencesSoapCampusDamesJohn PaulNotre DameJohn Paul IiGeorgetownBenedict Xvi Author:George Weigel
“Muslims, scholars or not, are on the side of the oppressed and never on the side of the oppressors. Some scholars claim they don't do politics but if you listen to their statements in the Middle East or in other conferences, they support corrupt regimes and despots, such as as-Sissi.” IfsSidesSupportMiddleClaimsEastStatementsRegimesScholarMiddle EastOppressedConferencesOppressorsDespots Author:Tariq Ramadan
“At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to make strong claims about the scientific evidence, lest contrarians "attack us". Another said that she'd rather err on the side of conservatism in her estimates, because then she feels more "secure."” FeelsHas BeensSaidStrongSidesEvidenceScientistClaimsClimate ChangeSecureDiscussionColleaguesConferencesConservatismReluctantScientific Evidence Author:Naomi Oreskes