Spotlighting America’s Phony Past

This isn’t the usual way Americans spend their Fourth of July holiday, which makes it rather refreshing. As The New York Times reports, the History News Network is asking readers “to reflect not just on what is best but also what is most bogus in our nation’s history -- or at least in our nation’s history writing.
Until Friday the network’s Web site -- also home to upbeat fare like “Marist Poll