JERRY FALWELL HAS DIED. They call him the founder of the Moral Majority, but actually the idea was hatched between Richard Viguerie, the direct-mail king known by the nickname Reagan’s Postmaster*, and Paul Weyrich, the founder of the Heritage Foundation. I’m waiting for Pat Robertson to find a way to blame his rival’s death on either feminists or witchcraft.

*Note to literalists: I’m not saying he actually was the U.S. postmaster under Reagan. It’s a nickname.

–Adele M. Stan

Ann Friedman is a columnist for New York magazine’s website and for the Columbia Journalism Review. She also makes pie charts for The Hairpin and Los Angeles magazine. Her work has appeared in ELLE, Esquire, Newsweek, The Observer, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels so often the best place to find her is online at annfriedman.com. Follow @annfriedman