Mary Rosh, emailer

Kevin Drum points out that a correction that Lott requested in response to this Washington Post item implies that Lott did not use "Mary Rosh" in emails when, in fact, Lott did. Drum thinks Lott is lying, which is certainly quite possible, but since there were hundreds of Rosh Usenet postings and only a few emails, it also possible that he just forgot about the emails. Colour me pedantic, but I wish Lott would quit referring to Usenet as an "Internet chat room". Unlike Usenet, "chat rooms" have real-time discussions.

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