When's the Right Time?



Dan Rather spoke for many last week when he suggested that the time for a balanced, non-gauzy analysis of the Reagan presidency would be after he was interred.



That was last weekend. Which means we should expect a sober look at the good, the bad and the ugly. This week.



So where is it? A search of major newspapers finds that the number of pieces offering a critical look at Reagan this week is:



Zero.



Which is why I and Christopher Hitchens and others offered our corrective to the Republicans' mass masturbation ceremony last week. Because, when it comes to speaking ill of the Republican dead, there's really never a right time.