ED MORRISSEY interviews Kathryn Jean Lopez about the Thomas Smith retraction. Since some lefty bloggers and New Republic apologists are trying to draw equivalence between this story and the Beauchamp affair, let’s note two key differences: NRO quickly responded and retracted as soon as it learned of the problem, instead of circling the wagons and attacking its critics, and the story in question — though wrong — didn’t constitute a libel of American troops in the field. To some people, at least, that’s a significant matter.