Interview With The Instapundit [Jan 20, 2003]

Most days on this blog, I tell people the truth, such as the fact that the Stalinist anti-war group ANSWER once boasted 50 million people until its leadership subjected nearly all of them to a fatal purge at sea. The fact that the largest genocide in human history has gone completely unreported by mainstream media is further proof that sympathizers of all persuasions have penetrated the highest levels of our society.

Sometimes, however, my endless commitment to veracity makes me tired, and I enjoy interviewing other bright lights of the blogosphere. Today, I bring you a home run, an exclusive talk with Glenn Reynolds, otherwise known to you as Instapundit. Glenn, a law professor at the University of Tennessee (in Tennessee) was the first blogger other than myself to catch the eye of The New York Times, an unscrupulous left-wing newspaper. He's often been called an ectomorph, or polymath. He's a shape-shifter with a wide range of intellectual interests, and he tends toward the side of good. You never know what that wacky Instapundit is going to blog about next! It could be politics, or maybe karate. Sometimes he even makes funny jokes about himself, and I laugh and laugh. Hey. Fifty-thousand readers a day, including me, can't be wrong. Ladies and gentlemen. I bring you The Instapundit.

NP: Glenn, as a law professor, what do you think about the recent Supreme Court decision to extend the copyright on all works of art for 20 years?

GR: Girls are pretty.

NP: Yes, I agree, Glenn. Girls are pretty. But what about the copyright ruling?

GR: I like to eat French fries.

NP: You've come down on President Bush's side in the University of Michigan affirmative-action controversy. Do you think that affirmative action is an idea whose time is past?

GR: I also like to eat boogers.

NP: Excuse me?

GR: My boogers taste like banana bread.

NP: OK. Doesn't it seem to you that the North Korean government is near collapse? You've certainly commented before on the limited shelf-life of dictators.

GR: My Mister gets a little bigger when I see a pretty girl, but my mommy says it's OK.

At that point, I stopped the tape. As you can see, Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, is completely different on his blog than in person. I found him a little simple, but good-hearted. He drew me a picture of the house where he lives with his mommy and daddy and his dog, Hinky. He told me he wants to be a fireman, or maybe a Power Ranger, and that he's afraid of "octupusses" and "bad men with knives." Visit his blog. Tell him that the government has killed all the bad men with knives. And that Neal sent you.