Five Myths

No, you don’t have to be a corporate insider to do it.

No, you don’t need to keep a rigid schedule.

It’s not designed to protect small businesses.

Travel restrictions and masks won’t actually help much.

Her books were actually racy — and not ignored in her lifetime.

No, higher turnout would not necessarily help Democrats.

It’s not all about crashing power grids and airplanes.

No, he didn’t wear a wig, and he wasn’t a great military commander.

No, the Civil War didn’t end slavery, and the first Africans didn’t arrive in America in 1619.

No, it is not the world’s “greatest deliberative body” — and it’s not stuck in the past.

No, it isn’t dead, and its purveyors aren’t all hopped up on drugs.

No, it wasn’t the norm throughout U.S. history.

No, presidents can’t do whatever they want.

No, you don’t get it from eating too many sweets.

No, buying a lottery ticket isn’t a better investment when the jackpot gets big.