History is the present. That’s why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. –E. L. Doctorow

My favorite political post of the week was by Barabara O’Brien’s “The Power of (Right Wing) Myth.” She does a really good job at breaking down the misuses of history by the current generation of right wing propagandists. (Tip by way of Akkam’s Razor.)

You might need to be a fan of Star Trek: TNG to really appreciate it, though. (If you read O’Brien’s post, you may pick up on the delicious irony of using a referential metaphor to illuminate the dangers of explaining complex historical events through referential metaphor.)