"Out of their fascination with the color of his skin and their mindless awe at his windy teleprompted rhetoric, [the media] constructed a man of stature and accomplishment. Now, with the White House on the line, they’re waging an ongoing battle against the undeniable evidence that he has never been, in fact, that man," writes Andrew Klavan in a rewarding piece in City Journal. Read it all. [Thanks: BH]