A response to Ann Coulter's break with the NRO

Though Ann Coulter has made her name on the basis of her brash and uncensored expressions of her political views, Jonah Goldberg makes some excellent point in his article describing the circumstances under which Coulter and the NRO parted ways. The final straw was what Goldberg refers to as the "invade-and-Chrstianize-them" column, which I completely agree showed a complete lack of self-censorship, judgement, and professionalism.

Aside from a few proofreading and editing errors, the real issues I had with Coulter's article was the lack of tact with which the entire piece was written. It appeared to be a purely knee-jerk reaction worthy only of a personal journal (or blog) and not of being published for the whole world to read. Though her anger is justifiable, she must be held responsible as a public figure, to present her views in an appropriate, professional, and tasteful way. Coulter's most notable failure to do this was in her aforementioned 9/11 piece, but this is something she has had trouble with in the past and symptomatic of her general attitude towards political commentary. While, unlike Goldberg, I do have qualms with how Coulter protrays herself as a person in her article, I can agree with him that the way she expressed herself through her writing was reason enough to prevent that article from being published.