[TChad]

I enjoyed reading Florence King's columns in NR before she retired a few years ago. She was a perceptive, clever, amusing writer, but I doubt that she converted a single liberal to conservatism. She seemed more focused on writing for its own sake than on politics. With Ann, politics comes first.

I have cringed a bit at some of Ann's outrageous statements, but her sledgehammer polemics are appropriate for the current concrete-brained media environment. Dorothy Parker would be ignored, but Ann gets noticed. Ann's ideas reach liberals, and I bet she changes minds.

Long live Ann.

[OldArmy52]

Ann C is a realist and doesn't overestimate the intelligence of the American public.

For instance, a guy I know, always been a conservative. His Dad too. But not well read or well educated.

His Dad saw M.Moore's Farenheit 911 and believed it all. Changed from a Bush fan to a Bush hater.

The (grown) son saw Gore's "An inconvenient truth". Believed it and now is a global warmer.

I asked the son if he or his dad had read up on both sides of these stories. Nope.

It's incredible to me that people accept other viewpoints without examining all sides before choosing one.