Two little factoids leaped out at me recently, and I wonder if they’re true. One is from the current issue of Harper’s. (Yes, I know. They won’t stop sending me the bloody thing.) In the current Harper’s Index, they say:
Number of America’s nine “Founding Fathers” who denied the divinity of Jesus: 7
The magazine ascribes the information to Frank Lambert at Purdue University. It’s pretty striking, if true. Is it? The second factoid was from the other side of the spectrum: the Wall Street Journal’s editorial of last Friday. In a sentiment with which I heartily agree, the WSJ’s editors say:
Republicans share a hefty part of the blame for creating the most fiscally unaffordable new spending program in the past quarter century: the Medicare prescription drug bill, with an unfunded liability that is larger than the GDP of every other country in the world.
Again: amazing, if true. Is it? Any help clearing these up would be greatly appreciated. You guys tend to be more accurate and far quicker than Google.
The Dish 