Hillary inspiringly named for beekeeper

WSJ Opinion Pages Free registration required: Here's a pretty funny snippet by columnist Mark Steyn, who tells readers if you must read Bill Clinton's book, skip pages 1 through 869.

"Is there anything interesting in 'My Life' by Bill Clinton? Oh, yes. Page 870.

The Clintons are in New Zealand and finally get to meet 'Sir Edmund Hillary, who had explored the South Pole in the 1950s, was the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest and, most important, was the man Chelsea's mother had been named for.'

Hmm. Edmund Hillary reached the top of Everest in 1953. Hillary Rodham was born in 1947, when Sir Edmund was an obscure New Zealand beekeeper and an unlikely inspiration for two young parents in the Chicago suburbs." -Mark Steyn