Fallibility award nominee

Upturned Earth flags Damon Linker's humility:

On Tuesday of this week, I posted an item in which I drew connections between an essay by Andrew Bacevich and political authoritarianism. Two days later, I posted a follow-up in which I expanded on the argument. In retrospect — and in light of some online reaction to the posts — I’ve concluded that the connections I made in the original item were overdrawn, and that I made things even worse in the second post. Ideas and arguments can take on a logic of their own, and I foolishly followed the logic of mine into a position several steps more radical than one I really want to defend. I trust that future online disputation and debate will provide many opportunities for me to address these and related issues again — and so also to stake out and develop a more moderate, nuanced, and genuinely liberal position.

Pretty good entry, I think.

Fallibility Award nominee

Kind of a lame name, I know, but I came up with it in one of my first blog posts ever and only just now felt occasion to revisit it.

This goes to Peter Wehner for admitting he was wrong about Sullivan's position on troop levels.

There's nothing gallant about Wehner's case -- I just like it when people admit they're wrong & try to learn from their mistakes in this shrill beast of a blogosphere we abide.

Fallibility Award nominee

This award goes to someone who admits they were wrong. Bonus points for doing so freely, transparently & without pressure.

Entry: "Obama Won't Run if Hillary Does" --Marc Ambinder, 2006

Of course, he was using it to make the point that predictions can be foolish.