Anthony Grafton,"Gospel Secrets: The Biblical Controversies of Morton Smith," The Nation, 7 January, is a remarkable essay on the persisting controversy about the scholarship of Columbia's ancient historian, Morton Smith. Hat tip.

Justine Ferrari and Samantha Maiden,"Keith Windschuttle caught in Quadrant hoax," The Australian, 7 January, on the sokaling of Australia's leading right-wing historian. Plotted at Diary of a Hoax; first exposed by its host, Crikey. Hat tip.

The The Impotence of Proofreading: Hat tip.