In response to The Halo Effect
Comment author: jedermann 03 December 2008 10:57:32PM 2 points [-]

"You should be suspicious if the people you know seem to separate too cleanly into devils and angels."

The halo effect perhaps provides a better explanation for the apparent insistence on Hitler's weird sex life:

http://www.slate.com/id/2205359/pagenum/all/

(from post on NYT ideas blog)