At the denouement of the recent kerfuffle here, Bill Beaty wrote a message to Mary Yugo that described the situation perfectly. It is a sort of pocket history of the cold fusion dispute. A haiku history, if you will. It was quoted in the Defkalion forum. It is here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg62237.html He nailed it. I could not agree more. - Jed