the best way to find the truth

Today's top news story (in the Washington Post and New York Times) is about Karl Rove, and did he do something wrong? The story talks of the difficulty of finding the truth. The same issue arises in every news item in every newspaper every day. Why?

1. Everyone limits the amount of information they release.
2. Everyone spins the information to support their side.
3. The total amount of information is overwhelming and often contradictory.

This will always be true, so people will always disagree on the most important issues, even though we may agree on details. So we need a better approach. Let Rove's supporters get on with their work - stop bugging them. And let his critics run the government how THEY would like it run. We will soon see which side is smart, which side has thew right priorities, which side has the moral high ground.

But how do we split up government? Isn't splitting up government a very, very bad idea? What if some people have crazy ideas? How do we avoid chaos? You know my answer to that. But I will wait for a more suitable news item to show how it will work in practice.