Truth, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.
What a shame to know that there will be two histories written: one by the Republicans, the other by the Democrats.
When I was a boy doing carpentry with my father, I measured a two-by-four that wasn't two inches by four inches. I told him we had a bad board, but he raised his eyebrows and said, ‘Get used to it, son. Those boards aren't the only dishonesty you will have to deal with.’
It is hard to argue with the saying that moral history will be written by the victor until you learn who else has used it—and who their idols were.
