Wieseltier on the Pledge

The New Republic's gifted and prolific -- and often caustic -- Leon Wieseltier (some of you will know him from his cameo on the Sopranos last week) has a provocative essay on the Pledge case in TNR's upcoming issue. Here's a link to the essay. It is well worth a read, and echoes many of Rob's points (made in several posts, below).

Rick

UPDATE: For typically insightful, and blunt, comments on Wieseltier's essay, see this post by University of San Diego law prof Tom Smith.