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In a major twist, NYTimes editorial was pressured to make a correction to it’s bombshell story about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, that the “alleged victim said she did not recall the purported sexual assault in question at all.”Editors’ Note says: “An earlier version of this article, which was adapted from a forthcoming book, did not include one element of the book’s account regarding an assertion by a Yale classmate that friends of Brett Kavanaugh pushed his penis into the hand of a female student at a drunken dorm party. The book reports that the female student declined to be...

I came back from vacation raring to gripe about how we in the press conveniently overlook significant details on these catchy little stories we go bonkers over. Details like the roar of the crowd in the Des Moines ballroom where Howard Dean screamed his immortal Scream. Details like a full characterization of the journalist Teresa Heinz Kerry told to "shove it." Then, I discovered just how far behind the curve a blissful few days in the West Virginia mountains can leave you. See, for example, this and this. The Truth behind Shove-it GateKrugman -- Triumph of the Trivial Still, I...

What You Omit Says a LotDavid C. StolinskyMonday, June 10, 2002 In one of his most famous cases, Sherlock Holmes noted that a dog didn't bark in the night. Holmes concluded that the dog knew the intruder and thus solved the case. "The dog that didn't bark" became a cliché for something that should have happened but didn't. If the great detective were here today, he would have many similar cases to solve.The Case of the Altered Speech In the recent film "Pearl Harbor," Jon Voigt gives an outstanding performance as President Roosevelt asking Congress for a declaration of...