Greenhouse Gas

Linda Greenhouse, the New York Times correspondent who lacks the adaptability to cover anything other than Supreme Court, wrote what can only be considered as a hatchet job on Justice Roberts. Under the guise of a "Supreme Court memo," she sounds the horn and rings the bell about the mortality of the Chief Justice, who seizures aside, is the picture of health at 52 years of age.

A more balanced report can be found elsewhere in the Times, where Denise Grady and Lawrence Altman talk to various experts who argue that he should (or should not) begin a drug therapy. As with any drug, there are side effects.

By any account it's a fair assessment of the situation.

Alas, Ms. Greenhouse has her memo and her agenda.

Greenhouse ramps the hyperbole at the end when she notes, " It is John Roberts for whom the country now holds its breath."

Now that's a dramatic ending. However, it loses some of its impact, when one considers the fact only a quarter of those polled can name two of the nine Supreme Court Justices. Maybe it's Ms. Greenhouse who's is holding her breath.

If that's the case, keep holding sister.