Seems that Professor Reynolds has been appointed chair of the
Department of Irony
Reader Kathleen Boerger emails: "Could you do me a favor and define 'patriotism' please?"
I think it starts with not uttering falsehoods that damage the country in time of war, simply because your donor base wants to hear them.
You mean, like, saying we knew for sure that Saddam had WMDs, and knew where they were, and knew he was eluding the inspectors so we had to rush to war before he dropped an a-bomb on Peoria?
M-kay.