What would we do without experts?
I read a feed from the History News Network at George Mason University whenever I can. A lot of times, the articles they highlight are mundane bits of esoterica about history. Sometimes they're better, and sometimes worse:
Because grand heroic acts such as Mr. Librescu's are so rare, Prof. Miller prefers to focus attention on people a little lower down the bravery scale. "What do we call just the ability to be there every day and not run, like these poor guys in Iraq?" he asked. "They see guys every day get maimed and sniped and roadside-bombed, and yet they just go and get in their Humvee every day and discharge their duty. They're not doing anything that's going to get mentioned in the papers, but they're showing up doing a dangerous, terrible crappy job, right? At some level you want to say that takes some sort of moral quality that is to be admired."What is most disheartening about this is the fact that Prof. Miller would probably say he "supports the troops", and doesn't even comprehend the damnation he's delivered with his faint praise.
