Daily Howler - April 25, 2005

CONTEMPT (PART 1)! Coulter is filled with contempt for the public. But then, so are most of her friends

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2005

LIKE THAT ALL HER LIFE: Last week, we thought of Marla Ruzicka every time we quoted “The Second Coming,” in which Yeats foresaw a future where “the worst are full of passionate intensity” while “the best lack all conviction.” It was hard not to think of Yeats’ words with Ann Coulter perched on the cover of Time—and with a denatured “press corps” continuing to pretend that it can’t see the essence of her ministry (much more on that pose tomorrow). But if America’s press corps lacks all conviction, “the best” among us surely do not. Last week, we remembered that fact each time we read about Ruzicka’s astonishing work.