[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Not too long ago the WSJ editorial page was on our side.

Cut them a little slack; it looks like this is a revival of the old "board of contributors" thing which the Journal ran back in the good old days. Contributors included Irving Kristol, whose pieces always seemed remarkably sensible to me, Ben Stein's dad (whose first name eludes me, but he was a former chairman of the council of economic advisers to, I think, Nixon) - and Arthur Schlessinger, Jr.

I would read a column for a while and think, "This is amazingly incisive - never thought of that" - and check the byline knowing it would be Irving Kristol. Then again I would read a piece and think, "No one could possibly believe this socialist claptrap" - and sure as anything the byline would be Arthur Schlessinger, Jr.

[denydenydeny]

Ben Stein's dad

Herbert.

[skeeter]

Yeah, I know. It just seems that more often than not I disagree with them these days.

Bring back Vermont Royster!