A Rebel and...

He was a Rebel and the only officer to ever graduate from West Point with never having earned a demerit. From an unverified e-mail I see things haven't changed in 145 years.

"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until It was too late.

Accordingly, I'm readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I'll, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."

Robert E. Lee, 1863

Buried under dust and ash in Sparta, there's probably a clay tablet with a critical analysis of Leonidas.

Some things never change.