Somebody slip Washington Post pop music critic Chris Richards a Valium. His latest piece about being able to “hear” Michael Jackson’s music without being able to “listen” to it indicates a level of anxiety that surely requires medication.

Jackson died 10 years ago on Tuesday and Richards, along with some others, are still struggling with how to reconcile their joy for his music with their die-hard belief that Jackson was a child molester, particularly after the HBO Leaving Neverland documentary aired in March.