I love the following correction to outgoing executive editor Bill Keller's argumentative take on candidates' faith offered on the New York Times' website: "Because of an editing error, an essay on Page 11 this weekend, about the religious beliefs of Republican presidential candidates, misstates the proportion of Americans who believe that extraterrestrials live among us. It is about a third, not a majority. The essay also erroneously includes Rick Santorum among politicians affiliated with evangelical Christianity. Mr. Santorum is Catholic."
In writing an essay about faith in public life, Mr. Keller overstates his case and misidentifies one candidate's faith completely. I find it ironic, at least, that Mr. Keller would miss some facts while arguing that he is part of the "reality-based community."
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