Howard Dean's Passions

Howard Dean's Passions

Too few people in this country read Mark Steyn. Today, they have a special chance. He's in the Wall Street Journal. And he's writing on Howard Dean's passions. Howard Dean shows llittle interest in issues like Osama bin Laden.

"There was a revealing moment on MSNBC the other night. Chris Matthews asked Dr. Dean whether Osama bin Laden should be tried in an American court or at The Hague. "I don't think it makes a lot of difference." "

But then, there was the issue of that bike path that caused him to quit the Episcopal Church.

"And that's our pugnacious little Democrat. On Osama bin Laden, he's Mister Insouciant. But he gets mad about bike paths. Destroy the World Trade Center and he's languid and laconic and blasé. Obstruct plans to convert the ravaged site into a memorial bike path and he'll hunt you down wherever you are."