[andy_card]

To paraphrase none other than Thomas Jefferson, there is not a single fact in the history of the world that would frighten me, or that is not worth knowing.

Guess what? I disagree with Thomas Jefferson.

But, assuming Mr. Card's perspective, could we also apply that to the history of lynchings and Jim Crow? wouldn't these also be facts not worth knowing?

No, they're facts worth knowing, but they're not facts worth dwelling upon.

[webstersII]

I looked at your profile. You said you are still trying to recover from two original sins: a brief stint in the Carter White House (held over from the Ford Admin.), and an equally brief professorship at the Kennedy School. I apologize for that.

Apparently you have fallen off the wagon.