NEVER GET into a battle of wits with an unarmed man, goes an old saying. It's good advice, except when the unarmed man picks the fight — before an audience of millions. Then you're stuck. We found ourselves in that position on Monday. Notorious rhetorical ruffian Bill O'Reilly of Fox News went on both his radio show and his television show on Monday and mischaracterized the editorial position of this newspaper — even after he was informed three times of our real position. O'Reilly expressed outrage that we editorialized on Aug. 17 in favor of Gov. John Lynch's decision to...