A brief commentary in the Political Points column on Sunday discussed the search for the Bush administration official who recently made public the name of a Central Intelligence Agency officer.
Editors' Note: October 14, 2003, Tuesday A brief commentary in the Political Points column on Sunday discussed the search for the Bush administration official who recently made public the name of a Central Intelligence Agency officer.
Correction: August 27, 2004, Friday A report in the Political Points column on July 30 about the actor Ben Affleck and his interest in pursuing a career in politics included an outdated reference to the ownership of The Boston Herald, which focused on Mr. Affleck's personal life -- as opposed to his policy positions -- when he attended the Democratic National Convention.
Correction: September 18 , 2003 Thursday A report in the Political Points column on Sunday about the reputation of Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio for candor as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination misstated the party affiliation of Edward Fitzpatrick Herman, who is running for Mr. Kucinich's House seat.
Correction: October 22, 2003, Wednesday A report in the Political Points column on Sunday about Tim Kraft, the architect of Jimmy Carter's 1976 Iowa campaign who is now helping Howard Dean gather support in that state, misidentified the Democratic candidate who finished fourth in the 1976 Iowa caucuses.
A report in the Political Points column last Sunday about entertainers who are to appear at exclusive parties during the Republican National Convention in New York cited one erroneously.
Correction: August 29, 2004, Sunday A report in the Political Points column last Sunday about entertainers who are to appear at exclusive parties during the Republican National Convention in New York cited one erroneously.
A report in the Political Points column on March 7 about a response by Senator John Edwards during a presidential debate incorporated an anecdote in which President Ronald Reagan in 1988 misidentified the person who praised the boxer Joe Louis at an event during World War II. Louis proclaimed that America would win the war because it was on God's side.
David Brooks, in "The Bursting Point" (column, Sept. 4), shed further light on the most awe-inspiring blind spot of the American right.
Since then, there have been no zeros in the 3-point column of box scores, though he did miss six games because of back spasms, a sore big toe and the birth of his first child.
