Clerihews Galore

AS EARLIER with limericks, the editors were humbled by the number and quality of submissions to our somewhat delayed clerihew competition. One entrant alone, Robert P. Wenson, submitted 63 clerihews—all technically correct and witty. His subjects included Xenophon, Rousseau, and Evelyn Waugh, but we selected this oblique shaft for an honorable mention:

Reverend Jesse Jackson

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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AS EARLIER with limericks, the editors were humbled by the number and quality of submissions to our somewhat delayed clerihew competition. One entrant alone, Robert P. Wenson, submitted 63 clerihews—all technically correct and witty. His subjects included Xenophon, Rousseau, and Evelyn Waugh, but we selected this oblique shaft for an honorable mention:

Reverend Jesse Jackson