Ms. Pittman should have credited the late Mr. Kelly. I miss his columns, BTW.
The following was Ms Pittman's subheading to this column, which I accidently omitted.
Note: The writer of this column wishes to acknowledge her debt to the late journalist Michael Kelly, whose 1998 essay, “I Believe,” served as her template. Anyone desiring to read the original, which the author highly recommends, will find it archived here, copyright The Washington Post Company, February 4, 1998.
Yeah, Michael Kelly was one of my intellectual heroes after 9/11. I don't know any other writer who hit so many "home runs" in his columns, arguing for moral clarity, not moral relativism. I was really sad when he was killed in Iraq.