A Colson Deserving to Be Remembered

This week I told a friend that Chuck Colson was on his deathbed. Her response: "Who's that?"

That ignorance is good, in a way. For many in my generation, Colson, who died today at 80, is forever a symbol of government hypocrisy. As part of the "dirty tricks" gang in the Nixon administration -- using various evil methods to take down political opponents -- he helped foster a public cynicism and distrust that still haunts us.