What really warmed the cockles of my heart: he said he was going to use the occasion to publish all the letters to the editor he has written over the years that never got accepted.Wow. Anyone who has ever had a letter to the editor consigned to the dust bin has to take vicarious enjoyment in the imperiousness.

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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