If he's breathing he's lying. That's something that Powerline's John Hinderaker found out when he went to check out New York Times columnist Krugman's assertion that USS Bataan, a multipurpose amphibious assault ship, was never mobilized to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Don't expect a correction to be forthcoming. The New York Times editorial page allows its writers to find their own "truth," which usually isn't the real truth.