Because I do care about Lawrence's sensibilities, I thought it worthwhile posting this link: http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_urbanities-steyn.html It's 'The Hitch' reviewing Steyn. Something for everybody surely. But because, from what I've discovered, I don't trust Steyn at all, here's another link: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003147.html This one asks whether Steyn is guilty of palgiarism. And in this link: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003145.html Liberman really has at him. Simon