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When future historians look back on the late aughts, this period will undoubtedly be viewed as the dark night of our country's soul, a time when security was suddenly stripped away, faith in the church of capitalism was eroded, and, perhaps most hellishly symbolic of all, mustaches again became socially acceptable. Yes, hairy top lips have been bubbling under for a few years, but now the Times' David Colman has given the trend his imprimatur with a lengthy analysis on the subject, so we can't cling to denial any longer. Still, at least the article, in raking over the mustache's inglorious past, resists mentioning the most frighteningly evil 'tache-wearer who ever lived. Dov Charney, however, is quoted.