‘Big Sister’

Veep's Wife Instigates Destruction of Pamphlets

Lynne V. Cheney made no secret of her distaste for the national history standards when they were drafted a decade ago. Her scathing critique of the documents, which were underwritten by the National Endowment of the Humanities during her tenure as chairwoman, set off a firestorm and led to an extensive review of the standards by a panel of prominent scholars.

While the final documents were widely endorsed, apparently Mrs. Cheney, whose husband is now the vice president of the United States, is still...