Could Frank Rich Be Wrong?

David Blankenhorn, a valued contributor to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, has embarked on a doubtless quixotic quest for fair treatment at the hands of the New York Times. His letter to the paper’s “public editor” details, with characteristic clarity and courtesy, his thuggish treatment at the hands of columnist Frank Rich.

Blankenhorn committed what has become the unpardonable sin in contemporary liberal culture: He publicly defended the heterosexual institution of marriage and his reasons for believing that a mother and father for every child is an ideal worth upholding in law and culture.