Correction in waiting

This is not a casualty of the War on Editing. This one predates the War on Editing, and it will live on when editing is a memory kept alive only by reenactors in scratchy wool uniforms and homemade green eyeshades. For the record, though, no: Bush was a highly decorated combat aviator, but he wasn't a fighter pilot. Those planes are called "bombers."

Tip for editors: Whenever a writer refers to a political candidate/business leader/whatever as a "fighter pilot," ask what sort of plane he or she flew.