Some come-backs on this posting of mine (yesterday), centered around the

presumed age demographic of NRO. “Don’t they teach ANYTHING in school

nowadays?” I wondered in the post. Readers say that since our readers are

largely old fogeys, the question is off point.

Our age demographic is fine, thanks very much. At the very crowded

convention-week bash we invited readers to last fall, I should say the

median age was close to 30. “I am a student” is one of the commonest

self-identifications in reader emails I receive.

In my comments on the Ancient Mariner, I naturally assumed that all my

readers over 40 know the poem; it was the others that my blast was directed

at (or rather, their teachers). Knowing, as I do, that these young readers

are legion, it seemed a natural thing to say.

And please note that some younger readers have already been enlightened

about the A.M. by John J. Miller’s fine piece on Iron Maiden’s Powerslave.