21. Thankfully, this dumb idea died, a victim of partisan bickering. 22. The campaign season often gives rise to dumb ideas. 23. The incoming governor, William Weld, thought MASS MoCA was a dumb idea. 24. This hope, however, is based on the assumption that politicians carry more or less the same number of dumb ideas per capita. 25. They were playing three-card monte, which is a dumb idea, and softball, which is not, and reading the papers on park benches. 26. This is too bad, because crankery is more entertaining when it is focused on a single dumb idea than on a person. 27. We have had to endure some really dumb ideas that automakers incorporated into their cars, apparently without giving them much thought. |