Noted Here and There ...

You historians have been missing the big story again. Rowboat Veterans for Truth sets the record straight: George Washington was no war hero. Thanks to Eric Alterman for the tip.

Paul at Metameat has been pricing out the cost of post-modernity. Thanks to Manan Ahmed at Chapati Mystery for the tip.

Hugo Schwyzer claims that he's a bigger threat to the institution of marriage than, well, other threats to the institution of marriage.

On the serious side of things, behind the bamboo curtain of our indifference, there are 50,000,000 people in the land Aung San Suu Kyi calls a"fascist disneyland." Geoffrey Hiller offers this beautiful photojournalistic tour of Burma. Thanks to Patrick Belton at Oxblog for the tip.

And, on the ultimately serious note, Claire at Fenland has been interrogatingtombstones. No, really! Thanks to Brandon at Siris for the tip.