a reader writes:
I’d rate CFAR as “does not contain nuts”. The spokesmen are – at least the ones I’ve heard of – orthodox lay Catholics who have done respectable work.
Not that they’re perfect: I think that essay by Tom Hoopes (“Smoke and Mirrors…”) is quite weak. He complains because the Dallas News reporter rounded 62% off and called it “two-thirds”. That sort of pettifoggery is, if anything, anti-persuasive.
Reader is referring to this piece that I linked to yesterday. The rating system, which I meant only as a joke, is posted here. Regardless of my original intent I think it’s going to have a life of its own!