Father George Rutler e-mails about a thread from last night (scroll down):

A response to you from Mr. Derbyshire has been referred to me. He need not hesitate to come to confession. I have the power of the Holy Spirit to forgive all sins save split infinitives. While I cannot say anything about the confessional, I do attest that the only sin of which the residents of Manhattan tend to be innocent is that of coveting their neighbor’s oxen. I have in fact agreed with Mr. Derbyshire’s scintillating animadversions on everything except religion, but that has been a problem with Englishmen ever since Henry VIII abandoned his
true wife and died in a stench. Mr. Derbyshire mentions a Hank
Williams. The name rings a bell and I suppose I should know who he is.
Was he in any way related to Vera Lynn?