One: The most prominent rumor I hear about Glenn is that before September 11th, he was generally much saner and fairer. This, unfortunately, is bullshit.
Actually Reynolds was widely considered to be eminently reasonable long after that by many people who should've known better. When I began blogging many on "my side" didn't approve of my tendency to not show proper deference to him. Ah, memories.
Anyway, Jesse digs up something from the perfesser from 1995 which proves the point rather strongly.