An occupational danger for anyone who regularly speaks in public is to overreach and say something (with presumed authority) about a subject one has not adequately studied. General Kelly is the latest example of this, but he will be followed by many making the same mistake.
For a correction to General Kelly’s comments see Professor Caleb McDaniel:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/states-rights/544541/
HT: John Fea
I prefaced a lecture I gave at church last month with a cartoon showing a man talking on the telephone. The caption read, “I know nothing whatsoever about that subject, but I am glad to give you my expert opinion.”
Love that!