Fixing the ‘dumb opinions’ problem: Addison, Johnson, Walpole

“Are things really gettin’ better, like the newspaper said? What else is new my friend, besides what I read? Can’t find no work, can’t find no job, my friend Money is tighter than it’s ever been Say man, I just don’t understand What’s going on across this land” – Marvin Gaye, “What’s Happening Brother” On March 12, 1711, Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and Richard Steele’s (1671-1729) seminal publi