Kaus Zakaria & the letter "i"

[Bub, Andrew]

Referring to Fareed Zakaria: I don't particularly like the way Scalia bases his distinction on the Court's interpretation of a statute's "purpose"--shouldn't making a racial distinction be enough, whatever its purpose? But Scalia clearly indicates that banning interracial sex would still be unconstitutional in his scheme, even if banning sodomy would be constitutionally OK--the opposite of what Zakaria says he says.

Zakaria owes Scalia an apology, no?. ...

Update: Zakaria e-mails:

you're right. i slipped up. i meant to say that he would regard anti-masturbation laws as ok. i said anti-miscegenation. i would be grateful if you would post this reply. i do owe scalia an apology.

It doesn't bother me that Zakaria made a mistake. It doesn't bother me that he apologized for it. It does bother me that Zakaria is apparently one of those yahoos who doesn't capitalize in his emails. Am I petty?

[Jim Hoffman]

You don't need us to answer that for you. But I will anyway.

Yes.

You're welcome.

[Jason McCullough]

That's nothing compared to his sneering at the lower classes.

[Bub, Andrew]

That's nothing compared to his sneering at the lower classes.

Shh. I'm waiting for that issue to come. I really hate how long it takes Wisconsin subscribers to get magazines. We're only 90 minutes from freaking Chicago!

[Jason McCullough]

I think if you have a subscription you're eligible to sign up for the HTML and PDF versions.