Ann C. writes about a friend who lost his status by being — a republican. One of her better pieces, and more personal than most. Ron Silver, dead from esophageal cancer.

As Ann said, he will be rewarded for bravery not “Bravery”.

via Welcome to AnnCoulter.com.

On Sundays when we had communion, Ron would pop the host in his mouth as soon as the tray passed him, approvingly observing that matzo was served at church.

He’d often come to church with me on Sundays — while insisting he favored the “Original Testament,” as if the New Testament were an act of judicial activism. He just liked to hear an intellectual lecture on the Bible — and always perked up when the minister began discussing the “Original Testament.”