I’m not the only one saying nice things about Pat Robertson these days. Sarah Vowell, frequent NPR contributor, the author of the recent book “Assassination Vacation,” and the voice of Violet in the movie “The Incredibles” wrote recently on the New York Times op-ed page: Until recently, about the nicest thing I would have said about this televangelist is that . . .
A little quiz: Which celebrity interviewer closed his interview with me by saying: “Steven Levitt, thank you for the work you are doing. I hope you write more like this. This is a tremendous read. If you want to have some fun this summer, read Freakonomics.” a) Jon Stewart b) Charlie Rose c) Matt Lauer d) Aaron Brown e) Pat . . .
I appeared on the 700 Club this morning with Pat Robertson, in an interview that a blogger anticipated would be the “must-Tivo event of the summer.” Conventional wisdom suggested this would be a bloodbath – that the Freakonomics perspective on the abortion question would enrage Robertson and a shouting match would ensue. (Indeed, my publicist was planning on turning down . . .