IN YESTERDAY’S Washington Times, Jennifer Harper reported that, since December 7, 1941, 200 books have been written about Pearl Harbor. And since September 11, 2001, 400 books have been written about the attacks on that terrible day. I don’t know of any study that’s been done on media coverage of the two events, but it seems safe to guess that the ratio of news and opinion stories written so far is even more out of balance.
The torrent continued yesterday, and, surprisingly, some of the pieces written were quite thoughtful and bracing:
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