Tom Goldstein has another post. The interesting thing about this one is that he announces that he has bought a bunch of websites with my name in them–rameshponnuru.com, etc. Each of these sites will direct people to his posts and to links to my responses. When people enter my name in “Google and various search engines,” they will read the stuff at his sites. There have to be “consequences” for my “reputation” and “credibility” after the terrible things I’ve supposedly done. I don’t know that all that many people enter my name in searches, and if they do I suspect they’ll be predisposed to take my side of the argument. But anyone who wants to bookmark his pages, be my guest. If Professor Tribe wants to write a letter to National Review, I’ll be happy to do a detailed response and everyone will be free to draw their own conclusions. Otherwise, I don’t foresee having tons more to say after this series of posts.

I’m still going to pass, that is, on reading and responding in detail to Goldstein’s posts, because, as mentioned before, I don’t think they’re worth my time (or my readers’ time). I know that sounds insulting, and obviously I don’t mind that it does, but the truth is that there are a lot of posts out there that one doesn’t have the time for. A while back I read a post, for example, attacking something I had written about the politics of health care. The post didn’t really have much to do with anything I had written. This guy explained that I really knew better than what I had written–I really understood that we needed much more government involvement in health care–but clearly Rich Lowry wouldn’t let me say it. I’m not going to waste time responding to posts that foolish. That’s my judgment here, too. And while I understand why Goldstein objects to that judgment, I’m standing by it–with one exception, which I’ll get to in my next post.

(If Tribe decides not to send a letter, by the way, well, that’s his prerogative too. The only difference I can see between his not responding to me and my not responding to Goldstein is that Tribe made a point of telling me he looked forward to refuting my article. I never said anything similar about Goldstein.)