[sitetest]

Dear Alberta's Child,

"'However, he doesn't owe you, me, sinkspur, or any other person on the planet, an explanation of his childlessness.'

"That's exactly what I said in my post. All I said beyond that was that he should be prepared to have that question come up. His credibility would improve dramatically if he either explained himself or simply found something else to complain about.

"The pot may have a damned good (private) reason to be black, but if he calls the kettle black he should expect to be taken to task for it."

Well, that isn't my point. It appears that what you're saying is that he may not talk about the disaster of falling birthrates in the West unless he is willing to talk about his own childlessness.

For the reasons previously stated, I disagree.

Mr. Buchanan has every right to talk about the disaster of falling birthrates in the West. No one ought to question why he and his wife are childless. To do so is just bad manners.

"The pot may have a damned good (private) reason to be black, but if he calls the kettle black he should expect to be taken to task for it."

This would mean that he may not comment publicly on an issue that he believes is of great social importance unless he is willing expose the details of his private life, even if those details would show him to be a man entirely innocent of any wrong, including hypocrisy. I don't accept this premise. It's wrong.


sitetest

[Alberta's Child]

I understand your point.

Please note, however, that I know enough about how these Beltway types operate to take anything I hear from them with a grain of salt.

With all due respect to Pat Buchanan, he's not a voice in the wilderness here -- he's simply in the business of selling books.