Jay Greene takes on the issue in a wonderfully sassy post headlined «In Chicago — Phony Merit Pay is Dead, Long Live True Merit Pay.» (educationnext.org)
I don't belive in creationism, but I do think ID has true merit. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Machiavelli should have been the last to make an attempt at flattery, for he was not a competent judge of true merit, not even knowing what virtue was; and I don't know if it is better to have been praised than blamed by him. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)