Steyn's Back

It looks like Steyn has decided to weigh in on the Palin deal and how the media's treating it.

A couple of months ago, Steyn decided to take a hiatus to work on some mysterious project or other (probably a book, but maybe he's just gassed from duking it out with Canada's human rights gurus and he decided to summer it out with the wife and kids). In any case, when the McCain ticket picked up Palin, I stopped by his website for the first time in over a month because I knew he wouldn't be able to contain himself.

I was right, but Steyn's hedging. So far he's contented himself with logging on at NRO's Corner to give a few soundbites. I know what he's up to. Not writing a fullblown article allows him to pretend that he's still on a break, able to answer his wife with, "What? Nothing. Nope, still not interested in getting back to it. Huh? Oh, just an email to a friend."

After reading the first one last week, I thought, "He'll get hooked." Sure enough, three showed up on Thursday and another one on Friday, like the ex-smoker who hit the wall the night before and is now trying to scale it back. Then yesterday there were two soundbites at the Corner. Now there's two more, and Tuesday isn't even over yet.

He must really be in fits. It was all human rights all the time, and it looked like a nice, boring, easy three months until the next round in December. Then along came Palin. Moose hunting women running for office? Feminists freaking out on both sides of the Atlantic? CBC writers talking trash? British Prime Ministers picking sides? This is Steyn heaven.

So give it a rest, Steyn. Sorry, but I've got to call you out. You know you're hooked. Don't feel bad. Tell the wife you're only human. You might as well just write a full 800 worder to let us know what's on your mind. You'll feel better.

Good to see you again.