The Economist ran a correction on page 101 of the 3 November issue. I
know they’re known to lean towards the Right—quite far in most
cases, by standards that include Hugo Chavez in the mean. They lean
blindly in a few cases, I suppose. But I had no idea that they were
this conservative:
Apology: Augustus Caesar In our review last week of Lucien
Polastron’s book on libraries we said that Augustus had destroyed
the Alexandrian library in 48BC. Since the lad, then called
Octavian, was only 15 at the time, he obviously didn’t. And Julius
Caesar, who did, hadn’t actually meant to. We apologise to Mr
Polastron, the many well-educated readers who have complained, and
to Augustus, now divine.
No wonder they’re so suspicious of Christian influence in government.
Clearly, they’ll throw us all to the lions, and are opposed to
Christianity’s tax-heavy policies—after all, the founding prophet
said "Give to Caesar!"
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