Osler's Razor

My talk this evening to the League of Women Voters was pretty fun-- well, as fun as a forty-minute speech about habeas corpus can be. If you are into that sort of thing, which I am.

I did find that many of my ideas about the League of Women Voters were flat-out wrong. Each of the following beliefs turned out to be a myth:

Myth 1: The League is only for women.

Apparently, I AM eligible to be in the League of Women Voters-- the name is just wrong.

Myth 2: The League is a satanic cabal obsessed with world domination.Again, not true. The League, according to my sources, is dedicated to the downfall of bad government practices and stuff like that, but they seemed a little miffed at the suggestion that they might be a satanic cabal. One offended women rebuffed this theory by saying that "I don't think satanic cabals have their meetings at Gratziano's in Waco." A point well taken.

Myth 3: The League is run by Charlton Heston and/or two superheroes named Ace and Gary.

I asked about this. They denied the Heston connection (that is some other organization) and pretended to have never heard of Ace and Gary, which was kind of suspicious.

Myth 4: The League is a competitive sports league with fighting, like the National Hockey League.

From what I am told, this is not true for most of the chapters, particularly in the south. The woman I talked to about this agreed that there may be hockey-style fights in some of the Minnesota chapters, though. I am sending away for some video just to check.