A reader sends the following email:
A couple of days ago you mentioned how the Weekly Standard hadn’t said boo about the scandal in the Catholic church. I just looked back a couple of issues where they did AN ENTIRE COVER STORY on religion in America today. They mentioned the Catholic priest scandal NOT ONCE! These McCainiacs are outrageous! Why isn’t the rest of the media calling them on it?
I’ve been a Standard subscriber for forever, and the Catholic slant in their Books and Arts section never bothered me, but this see-no-evil in the Mother Church is just ridiculous.
So tell us, Mr Enron, I mean Kristol, when is the Standard going to recognize reality? Or is its religious coverage deputed to Opus Dei?
THE ONION AND THE CHURCH: The best story yet: “Pope Forgives Molested Children.”
THE FRIGHTENING REYNOLDS: I meant that facetiously, Glenn. He’s a wonder. I’m frightened the way that mortals should be frightened in front of the Terminator. He blogs as often as most people blink. He will prevail. There will be no stopping him. By the way, the tedious Eric Olsen has been whining that I’m not a blogging team player by responding to his every email (they come almost every other day and I got exhausted responding, especially when they keep having URGENT in the contents line). Memo to Eric: reprint any 1000 words you like from my blog for your warblog book. Good luck with the project. Now please stop spamming my email tray. But can I say a word about the notion of a “blogging community” to which we allegedly owe obligations, deference and respect? Phooey. The reason I’m a blogger is because I’m a pesky individualist who simply wants to write what I think and have a great interaction with readers in real time. Every time I hear the word “community,” my bullshit detector goes off. And when I hear about “obligations to the community” blah blah blah, I wanna retch. I have nothing but respect for my fellow bloggers. I read them; I’ve encouraged others to blog; I link whenever I find something I find interesting; I believe in the genre; I’ve lost lucrative jobs for the medium. But please don’t start creating some sort of community of bloggers, and calling us on our dues. This is the Wild Web, buddy, not a condo association. Don’t tread on me. (As for the permalinks, I’m such a loser I didn’t even know what these were. Thanks to Eric and others, I do now. I’ll add them ASAP.)
The Dish 