I thought a reader of ours had the perfect comment on Helen Thomas’s departure from the White House press corps — the overdueness of it: “I am reminded of an experience I had several years ago on the Amtrak Montrealer line. There was a drunk man onboard who was getting more and more belligerent as time went on. Nobody did anything about it. Finally, he was ejected from the train — at his stop.”

I would add this: I’m sorry she has resigned, or has been forced to resign. (By the way, she was supposed to be famously independent-minded, feisty, and ungovernable. Can anyone force her to do anything?) Because now she gets to be a martyr of the Jews. You can see this in the blogosphere already. Great, just great. You know, couple years ago, I was queasy when they plopped David Irving in jail, in Austria.

In any case, I have a feeling Helen Thomas will be snapped up by somebody — some publication. Certainly if she wants to be. Her views are becoming ever more mainstream. For many years, the argument was over Israel’s borders — its ultimate composition. Now the argument, even among Western liberals, is over the existence of Israel itself.