Ronald Reagan was a master of the well selected anecdote.

That anecdote has parallels with the current preoccupation with global warming.

GV Is there any idea anecdote you would like to share with us?

In the absence of reliable statistical information, decision making tends to be based on advocacy and anecdote.

This is merely one anecdote from a hare brained system that perceives thought as a crime, and thinkers as criminals who deserve to be thrown in prison.

An anecdote in the report, which rings true, has Mubarak meeting with officers of the Third Army two years ago. Some of the younger officers complained about corruption.

Here is an anecdote that may (or may not) show how industrious the Lebanese can be in coming up with strange ideas to make money or to show their nationalism.

A personal anecdote serves to illustrate how the market, as much as government censorship by the Department of Propaganda and the Press and Publications Administration, is often responsible for this type of editorial decision.