It could be argued he was no more president than Zachary Taylor that day.

We eventually found out that it was not a Bible, but a dictionary, because we happen to know somebody who works in the Pentagon who actually went and saw it himself.

It is really difficult to track some of those down when all you have is a purported e-mail from somebody named Janet, and no other identifying information.

Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us all, not merely a select few.

Authenticity matters little, though--our willingness to accept legends depends far more upon their expression of concepts we want to believe than upon their plausibility.

The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.