Rather than answer individual email I figured I’d better just say this once. I think the notes I’m getting from some — not all — Ann Coulter fans are silly. I didn’t get Ann dropped from USA Today, I didn’t even hear from them until afterwards. The notion that I should have taught USA Today a “lesson” by forming some sort of “conservative solidarity” is an interesting idea which seems popular among some folks. It strikes me as sophomoric — judging from the emails I’ve received. But, while I’m sorry that Ann got dropped (though it’s hardly clear to me that she’s sorry about it at all), I don’t have a dog in that fight. Ann does her thing, I do mine. She didn’t want to work with the editors of USA Today for what she feels were good reasons — a similar policy she had with National Review Online, if you recall. That’s cool, and as Ted Kennedy says, water under the bridge. If USA Today tries to make me say something I don’t want to say or don’t believe, I’ll drop them like bag of dirt. So far they’ve been perfectly professional with me. Anyway, I wish Ann the best and if her fans want to denounce USA Today or send me angry emails, that’s fine. I just don’t care.

What does bother me, however, is the suggestion that I’m the right’s answer to Michael Moore. He’s a hateful, crapulent, lying windbag. But that’s just my opinion.