Pennsylvania newspaper retracts 150-year-old editorial. Who said newspapers were slow to admit they’re wrong? Whoever it was, they might have a case:
“We write today in reconsideration of “The Gettysburg Address…” Our predecessors, perhaps under the influence of partisanship, or of strong drink, as was common in the profession at the time, called President Lincoln’s words “silly remarks…” In the fullness of time, we have come to a different conclusion.”
