President Obama and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd owe Rep. Joe Wilson an apology.

All three made news for what they had to say during, or in regard to, Obama’s remarks Sept. 9 to a joint session of Congress.

All three said things that were either demonstrably untrue — or at the least, impossible to prove.

Yet only the South Carolina Republican has offered an apology — and, ironically, only Wilson faces further discipline.

Jack Bonner can't catch a break.

When last we left Bonner, he was getting ready to be roasted on a rotating spit before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, as the result of forged letters sent by a temporary employee of his firm to three Members of Congress.

Since then, three things have occurred, two of which conspire to make Bonner's future even rougher:

First, Bonner hired Steve Ross, a partner at Akin Gump who specializes in representing people who get hauled before Congressional committees doing investigations.

According to Ross's bio on the Akin Gump web site, prior to joining the firm he worked as General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983-93.