James Wolcott: The Ghoulies

"Your heart goes out to them," said Margaret Carlson on this weekend's Capital Gang (CNN), that lifeboat for clueless pundits.

By "them," Carlson meant the parents of Terri Schiavo. Carlson (how the hell does she have a career?) had been so effusive in praise of them and so abusive in disparagement of Michael Schiavo that Robert Novak commended her after she paused for breath, which is like being kissed by a vampire who's removed his fangs.