Can you change a person's mind with facts? That should be a piece of cake, right? Thing again.
Fascinating article in the Boston Globe, "How Facts Backfire"
Now it makes all the sense in the world why 20% of the public still think Barak Obama is a Muslim.
Oh, here's an added bonus. The Washington Post has a piece on how politicians haven't helped put the "birther" issue to rest.
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