I Can't Stop Believing Election Stuff I Should Ignore

I blame evolution

The first feature article I ever wrote for a major publication was about rumors. “How To Fight A Rumor” was published a little over 12 years ago, and it used then presidential candidate Barack Obama’s travails — at the time, he was being “[b]uffeted by rumors about his religion, his upbringing, and controversial statements made by his wife” — as an oppo…