Falwell Detoxified: A Student Editor’s Experience

He looked ordinary enough, reclining in his overstuffed chair, toying with the little wooden sign that said “Jerry Falwell” in old English letters. He wore a navy-blue doublebreasted suit, but his tie was a little awry, and his ample figure strained at the coatsides. Most familiar were the deep avuncular voice and the palm sidling up his jaw as he spoke.

This, then, was the man. Hitler himself. Well, he didn’t look or sound the part. He was far too round and smily to envision before a swastika, standing up starched and drooling with fervor. Falwell was hospitable, witty, and cordial. When pressed to utter guttural sounds, he demurred and offered me a cup of coffee.

About the Author

Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D’Souza is a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. He is the author of America: Imagine A World Without Her, in which he explores the landscape of a world in which America had lost the Revolutionary War.

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He looked ordinary enough, reclining in his overstuffed chair, toying with the little wooden sign that said “Jerry Falwell” in old English letters. He wore a navy-blue doublebreasted suit, but his tie was a little awry, and his ample figure strained at the coatsides. Most familiar were the deep avuncular voice and the palm sidling up his jaw as he spoke.

This, then, was the man. Hitler himself. Well, he didn’t look or sound the part. He was far too round and smily to envision before a swastika, standing up starched and drooling with fervor. Falwell was hospitable, witty, and cordial. When pressed to utter guttural sounds, he demurred and offered me a cup of coffee.

About the Author

Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D’Souza is a writer, scholar, and public intellectual. He is the author of America: Imagine A World Without Her, in which he explores the landscape of a world in which America had lost the Revolutionary War.