The Corner

Tears of a Clown

The suicide of Robin Williams brings to mind the lyrics to “Tears of a Clown,” by Smokey Robinson: “Now there’s some sad things known to man / But ain’t too much sadder than / The tears of a clown / When there’s no one around.”

John J. Miller, the national correspondent for National Review and host of its Great Books podcast, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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