Most of the critical comments I’ve read about Coulter’s book focus on

its counterproductiveness, and I agree with them. I will immodestly

enter Losing Ground as an example of a book that was effective in large

part because it granted the good intentions of the Left. Liberals could

read it, and did. That’s good. Writing books for the choir is, to my

way of thinking, a waste of time.

But, for heaven’s sake, expediency is not the main point. Incivility is

one the biggest pains in contemporary life. Who would you rather have

over for a drink and a chat? A civil liberal or a rude conservative?

It’s not a close call. Boors are boors, on either side of the political

divide.

P.S. It’s okay to say anything we want about Bill and Hillary.