Dick Clark made his return to television last night, and put to bed the jokes about age and robots (with which he played along in the past). He showed us he’s a human being, and not immune to age, and I salute him for it.

Now, it’s reasonable to have a discussion, I think, about whether he should have done it, or stayed behind the scenes and let us remember him as he used to be. That’s a valid discussion. But Outside the Beltway does it in a less than tactful manner and I have to question the author’s choice of words.