Quote of the Day (so far): "Peter Singer, the most mysteriously prestigious thinker in America" - David Brooks


He's giving the Anti-SUV crowd the business:

So the anti-SUV crusade is part of a pattern, but there's also a more worrisome element. In centuries past, the armies of righteousness tended to at least fret about things that really matter: character, virtue, innocence, sin and depravity. These days moral energies are directed at health, safety and risk. Narcissism, dishonesty and promiscuity are regarded as mere lifestyle choices. But driving a car with trunk space is a sin worse than seven of the Ten Commandments. This is defining righteousness down.

Like many good writers, he's diffident in person. When he's on The Newshour each Friday, he's meek and lowly next to Mark Shields who's about as retiring as a drunk Irishman. But in writing, he shines.

Update: And then there's Jonathan H. Adler.