[Selkie]

Im surprised too, sound svery different from the Peggy who wrote this just over a year ago:

There's a big Mary of Fatima across the street at the local church, too, so I am surrounded by Mary. My having her there is my way of saying, "A likeness of the beauty and sweetness of the mother of God is here in my garden and I hope it brings you peace."


http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110004488

[Glenmerle]

. . . very different from the Peggy who wrote this just over a year ago: "There's a big Mary of Fatima across the street at the local church, too, so I am surrounded by Mary. My having her there is my way of saying, "A likeness of the beauty and sweetness of the mother of God is here in my garden and I hope it brings you peace."

I also thought of this, and of other columns Peggy Noonan has written, when I read her remarks on Bush's inaugural speech. How many of her columns have been "God-drenched"? And we all know that other inaugural speeches have referenced God and been sweepingly ambitious in their stated goals.

Those two facts, and the fact that her comments were petty and seemed timed to do the president the most damage and herself the most good (as far as boosting her visibility in the media), cause me to question her motives. I think it's fair to do so.