Posted
8:25 PM
by Gene
We see that
James J. Kilpatrick has died. He invented the term "national nanny" -- which alas became a leading weapon in the PC con-SER-va-tive's arsenal. Well, inventing terms is more than most columnists can do. RIP.
P. S. We originally posted it with
this link without reading it. (SMART!) Apparently he provided an excuse for news hacks who are so fiercely known for not apologizing to anyone to apologize. So he took the wrong side on something. So did Walter Duranty, for whom no apology has ever been uttered.
Besides, most of us remember him as an overbearing TV pundit, one of the first of that stereotypical breed. We'd say that was worse but he did coin a phrase.