So imagine my surprise to check into The Corner and find that Mark Steyn has called me a “pathetic RINO squish.” Hate speech! Hate speech! I was so shocked, and, yes, hurt, that I dropped my yoga mat. I didn’t cry, though it’s perfectly okay for a man to cry, but I did feel that his words — “RINO” and “squish” especially — were designed to silence my voice. And his suggestion that I will sing on Saturday night — and in some kind of Star Trek language (not a fan of the show; never watched a complete episode) was, my lawyers inform me, actionable. But you know what? I won’t engage in this kind of hate-filled debate. Violence only begets more violence. I’m going to return to my yoga practice, do some wonderfully healing breath work, and on Saturday night I will speak truth to power.