(Alternative title: A Nazi Is a Nazi Is a Nazi)

People are making a huge deal over the fact that Günter Grass was not just in the Germany army during World War II, but actually served in the Waffen S.S. I'll concede it's surprising. But part of the excitement here must be coming from confusion between the Waffen and Allgemeine branches of the S.S. As I understand things, Grass wasn't working in a concentration camp or pulling Jews out of attics; he was at the front. And he says he never fired a shot.

Still, I can see why he left that off his résumé.

And before I hear any accusations of "liberal bias," please note I said the same stuff about Pope Benedict.

And I don't want to hear any accusations of "Nazi bias" either.