Feelings

The Gotham clippings dept. stumbled and didn't see his screed against Sontag a week ago, but Charles Krauthammer was beating the drums on Brian Lehrer's WNYC program this morning. Even at the station's reduced broadcast power, the stream of bile that came out of our speakers this morning was worthy of drive-time commercial radio in any major market. Charles K. opined that those who are interested in "understanding" the global context behind the Sept. 11 attack are lily-livered, whiny egghead...um...understanders who mess up the moral clarity (his terms, there) that all good-hearted people now understand in hearts which pulse redly with goodness. Yes, he added, some on the academic left sing a different tune, but thankfully "most Americans don't listen to professors, and they usually get along just fine without doing so" (that's a paraphrase, but it's pretty damned close).

We are not certain that it would be ethically right, but we believe that it would be very satisfying to punch Mr. Krauthammer in the mouth.