A reader observes:

Jonah:
I wonder if you noticed that Bush just blasted the New York Times in his speech before the Naval Academy graduation class? In his last minute he read from a letter of Corporal Jeffrey Starr, who died of wounds sustained in combat in Iraq. A few weeks ago, the Times quoted writings of Starr which, they suggested, stated that he did not know why he was fighting, did not want to fight, and his death, therefore, was an even greater tragedy since he did not support the war. But the Times conveniently left-out the bulk of Starr’s writing, which Bush quoted from and which unequivocally stated that the fight was meaningful and necessary. This was a great speech by the President, and an even greater slap-down of the Times.