Nice find, indeed!
Gelernter is as good in his own way as Steyn. The only reason we don't see more of him here is that he is a teacher first and secondarily a writer.
He has a unique story of his own. He's worth looking up.
David Gelernter does indeed have a remarkable story. He's the author of "Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber." On June 24, 1993 he opened a package that exploded and nearly killed him. He lost most of his right hand and suffered other serious physical damage.
The book is a very personal memoir about his recovery and journey of personal rediscovery. It contains a strong message about the triviality of current American culture. "We are so busy peeking pruriently into the twisted minds of madmen tht we have forgotten that acts of violence are not significant because they tickle our bloodlust, but because they force us to rethink our priorities," he writes.
No one paid much attention to David's tragedy at the time, and when the Unabomber was arrested the Leftist media sent us the message that he was simply an idealist gone bad (you could make the same argument about Lenin but they didn't mention that). This book is a very good read and more than usually significant in light of September 11, 2001. America needs to rethink its priorities the same way David did.