A Paean to Joe Sobran

Joe Sobran

“ For example, I used to play the simple card game WAR with my son. After a while, when he thoroughly  understood that the higher ranking cards beat the lower ranking ones, I created a new game I called GOVERNMENT. In this game, I was Government, and I won every trick, regardless of who had the better card. My boy soon lost interest in my new game, but I like to think it taught him a valuable lesson for later in life. [Joe Sobran]

When I read last week that Joe Sobran had died, I went immediately to my Great Essay file to retrieve his Teach Your Child About Politics. Then I was distracted by something, which is easy to do these days. Ann Coulter's homage to him yesterday reminded me, and I just formatted and posted it.  I am pretty certain that you'll find yourself saving, or at least bookmarking it.   In her piece, Ann wrote: “ Reading through some of his columns after he died and being reminded of what an eloquent writer Joe was, I realized that the best tribute would be to quote him extensively. She does. I found her personal remembrances just as fun; e.g. “ Ironically perhaps, I've often used a Sobran observation to explain why I have a greater affinity to Israel than to the Muslim world after 9/11: Watching a death-match fight on Animal Planet once, Joe said he found himself instinctively rooting for the mammal over the reptile.  Easy reference: Teach Your Child About Politics No Ordinary Joe (Coulter) Thanks Joe