JOURNALISTS should be able to do fourth-grade mathematics.

In a Washington Times article (Bachmann firm on foster role, June 27th, dead tree edition only, fortunately for her) article about Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, Cheryl Wetzstein wrote:

Mrs. Clements should know: In addition to her years of experience with Lutheran Social Serivice of the South, she and her husband, Bill, have fostered 127 children over 27 years - or more than 10 times Mrs. Bachmann's tally (emphasis mine).

Mrs. Bachmann has used several phrases to describe her foster parenting of 23 teenagers ....

Now I've only got a PhD in engineering, but the last time I checked 10 times 23 (230 for the math-impaired) is just a wee bit more than 127.