COULTER DISSECTED

A devastating little piece by Brendan Nyhan. Part of me likes Coulter’s iconoclasm, panache, smarts. But you still have to draw the line somewhere; and, in my view, she damages conservatism as much as Michael Moore damages liberalism. It’s one thing in spirited debates to lose civility at times; it’s another thing to make a lack of civility your fundamental modus operandi.