An article published last week by Politifact, “Anatomy of a talking point: the smallest Navy since 1917,” illustrates the problem with too simplified an understanding of naval force by “fact checkers.
The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 300,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.5 million ...