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| − | The '''"best of the public"''' is a successful approach to education, scholarship, and biblical translation that was coined during an interview with [[Andrew Schlafly]], the founder of ''Conservapedia'', that was published on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34270487/ns/us_news-faith/ Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref> | + | The '''"best of the public"''' is a successful approach to education, scholarship, and biblical translation that was coined during an interview with [[Andrew Schlafly|Andy Schlafly]], the founder of ''Conservapedia'', that was published on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34270487/ns/us_news-faith/ Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref> |
| | {{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}} | | {{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}} |
| | This concept then became a topic of discussion when Mr. Schlafly appeared on the [[Stephen Colbert|''Colbert Report'']] on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref> | | This concept then became a topic of discussion when Mr. Schlafly appeared on the [[Stephen Colbert|''Colbert Report'']] on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref> |
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| | *letters to the editor | | *letters to the editor |
| | *the design of [[Vietnam War]] Memorial (competition won by a college student, featuring ordinary soldiers) | | *the design of [[Vietnam War]] Memorial (competition won by a college student, featuring ordinary soldiers) |
| − | *the design of the St. Louis Arch (competition won by an unknown architect, featuring openness) | + | *the design of the St. Louis Arch (the result of a competition won by an obscure architect, awarding a design featuring openness) |
| | *an obscure, unsuccessful author, [[Herman Melville]], wrote the greatest novel in English literature, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' | | *an obscure, unsuccessful author, [[Herman Melville]], wrote the greatest novel in English literature, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' |
| | *an unknown and possibly uneducated playwright, [[William Shakespeare]], produced the greatest plays ever | | *an unknown and possibly uneducated playwright, [[William Shakespeare]], produced the greatest plays ever |