Sorry for the misunderstanding Beckwith.
My entire prior comment, including the conclusion -- Your answer -- "I've never beaten my wife," -- is the right way to respond. – - was merely directed to Archangelsk because he said he had plum forgotten “the lawyer Latin for this type of question.”
I remembered, and thought I might direct him to a few sources of logical thinking. Judging from many of his responses, they could certainly be put to good use.
Alas, some things just don’t take! Note, for example, a classic example -- bookended ad hominem arguments, surrounding an accusation that someone else was using an ad hominem argument! You just can't make this stuff up:
“And you write like a fricken idiot. I point out facts, you ad hominen [sp] attack. Smart move, keyboard warrior.”
As to Sidney Blumenthal, Salon’s Talbot says they initiated the discussions that led to his quick departure -- Salon! He is now also writing a book on Presidents and race . . . I suspect a polemical screed in the making. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/268471p-229923c.html