Dorothy Rabinowitz uses her Wall Street Journal column (subscription required) today to draw attention to a disturbing trend. A recent episode of TV’s Law and Order used a plot “ripped from the headlines,” as they say. Yet the real villain – an annoyed illegal immigrant – wasn’t real enough for the writers, so they made him much more sympathetic and added a wicked businessman as the real villain. She has some facts and figures to back up the suggestion that businessmen are more dangerous to society than “terrorists, gangs or the mob.”

Fran Smith has further thoughts and details for those who can’t access the full article.