Columns I’ve written about the old Confederacy and events surrounding the War Between the States have generated many unusual and, in some cases, mystifying responses. I want to share some of the more fascinating ones with you. However, I won’t waste your time repeating the countless Pavlovian responses similar to these two; "Your side lost! Get over it!" and "When will you Rebels learn that you can’t change history? Facts are facts!" Actually, yesterday’s facts can become tomorrow’s fiction because versions of history do change. But getting people to change their minds is another matter, because psychologists have found that … Continue reading The Leni Riefenstahl of PBS