My “Straggler” column in the December 3, 2004 issue of the print National Review described a visit to a traveling carnival. In that column I passed

some unflattering remarks about carny people. I felt safe doing this, since

I reasoned that the readership of National Review surely includes no carny

people at all.

Not so! I got an indignant (well, sort of) e-mail from an ex-carny. It’s a

gem, but too long to send to The Corner without arousing that

much-to-be-avoided state of affairs known around NRO World HQ as the Wrath

of Kath. I have therefore put the letter on my own website here.