He typed, she typed

He typed, she typed

: Andrew Sullivan’s letter of the day (the top one) sums it up quite nicely.

From the right-wing blogs, I learned that the memo font matches MS Times-Roman, and nothing else. From the left-wings blogs, I learned that the memo font matches IBM Press-Roman, and nothing else.

From the right-wing blogs, I learned that small horizontal variation in spacing is proof of “kerning” and therefore computer generation. From the left-wing blogs, I learned that small vertical variation in alignment is proof of mechanical action and therefore typewriter creation.

I learned that the right-wing facts are certainly true, as noted by Washington Post experts, and the left-wing facts are certainly true, as established by the Boston Globe.

And so on, and so on…..