Barrie Dunsmore: Perilous times

Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be found on his website, www.barriedunsmore.com.
I know something about “misremembering.” Recently I discovered that information that for half a century was imbedded in my brain as a hard fact was incorrect. It was of no great consequence but I was troubled that one’s brain can