Some readers may recall the controversy over conservative scholar John Lott’s use of a pseudonym “Mary Rosh” to praise Lott’s work and defend him from critics.
I was reminded of that when a reader pointed out to me that the third comment on this post about Hans von Spakovsky came to his defense. It is signed by “Publius,” the name von Spakovksy used when he wrote that anonymous law review article on voter id.