What Happened to Basic Research?
If you want commentary on John Kerry's Vietnam experience, this isn't the blog to read. (Try InstaPundit, who's tracking the story in detail.) I'd really rather know what Kerry thinks U.S. policy toward Iran and Iraq today should be.
Still, I do have to wonder: Given how patently odd his claims to have been in Cambodia were, why didn't Douglas Brinkley--who is, after all, a Ph.D. historian with an academic post--think to look into the story for his much praised book? Basic historic research need not be hostile, but trying to nail down the facts behind the legends is something real historians--and real biographers--do.