Jonah:
Your reader wrote: “I thought you were just a bunch of Catholic girls, nice Jewish boys, and an occasional cranky Englishman or two.”
I think someone should point out that we are a bit more, er, diverse than that. I believe we have at least one each of Presbyterian, Christian Scientist, Episcopalian, and Agnostic.
And I don’t think it’s very nice to dismiss Andrew Stuttaford as “a cranky Englishman.” He’s quite a fun person, really.