In Impromptus today, I discuss “Journolist,” one of whose members characterized conservatives as “f***ing NASCAR retards.” A reader writes, “How insensitive of him: Shouldn’t that be ‘f***ing NASCAR developmentally disabled’?”

That reminds me of another reader’s mot, which I will always cherish. Last December, everyone was talking about “the Christmas Day bomber.” The reader said, “Where is our sensitivity? Shouldn’t that be ‘the holiday bomber’?”