The lies we bought are still being sold

History sometimes becomes what liars write, or what witnesses simply fail to report. Many polemicists attempt to rewrite history to make it fit their own agenda.

Rulers, nations and cultures have done so throughout history, but almost always the truth comes out, even if decades, or even centuries, later. Fortunately, in this age of Google, it is much easier to expose untruths such as those written by Dr. Paul Kengor in his column in the Village News (1/26/06) entitled “Yes, I admit I hate Bush.”

One central statement by Kengor is so patently false that a response is demanded. Kengor stated tha...