Carol, I'm a proud man to be bookended by your posts!

It's a perceptive point you're making, and while I am not a historical expert I love some of the historical books I've read and some of the great observers of history, and I have serious doubts as to whether history can ever be made 'accurate' to satisfy all parties.

As William Faulkner observed, "The dead past isn't dead - it isn't even past."