From a Sept. 25 McClatchy story on Afghanistan: “By failing to stop Taliban leaders and Osama bin Laden from escaping into Pakistan, then diverting troops and resources to Iraq before finishing the job in Afghanistan, the Bush administration left the door open to a Taliban comeback.”

Hmm. Seems the reporter and the editor misunderstand the division between opinion and fact, and between news and editorial. I can speculate on a number of other factors perhaps better explaining Taliban resurgence. But, bashing Bush and Iraq has become McClatchy’s jihad. And so an up-and-coming chain becomes the nation’s high school newspaper.