The Misanthrope’s Corner

JFK Jr. Week produced evidence of the existence of Hell powerful enough to make believers of us all. It came to pass on CNN when Bernard Shaw, breaking for a commercial, said, “Our continuous coverage will be right back.”

At last we’ve done it. Continuous Coverage has become a real person — “anthropomorphized,” as English majors are fond of putting it, 50 million words made flesh and brought to us live, a world without end, amen.