I’ve spent most of today finishing up a piece for the next issue of the magazine about the Harold Ford-Bob Corker Senate race in Tennessee. I knew that Lynne Stewart, the radical lawyer, was scheduled for sentencing today for her role in assisting the terrorist Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman. As it turns out, as a sidebar, a few people have linked to a piece I did last year on how George Soros’ foundation, the Open Society Institute (OSI), provided significant funding for Stewart’s defense. Unbeknownst to me, since I was knee- deep in the Tennessee story, Drudge also linked to the Soros piece. So a short time ago, I was surprised to receive this e-mail:

Listen up. Just because you were never picked for kickball and had to walk around all through high school with your underwear up to your armpits, it’s no excuse for continuing to be A TOADY FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION!
OSI gave the money to Stewart’s defense fund in 2002, a–hole. Why is it in your column today? Because Karl Rove called you and told you to do it. Then he called Drudge and made sure it got linked. It must suck being such a zero for a living.
I look forward to someday meeting you and beating you with your own leg.

I had no idea.