Hey, kids, here’s something you can try at home: (1) hand a copy of the 1966 Regnery edition of Goethe: Conversations and Encounters to Sean Hannity, and (2) tell him it’s OK what with the Regnery imprint an’ all – and (3) add that it belongs on every conservative’s bookshelf, what with its having been quoted, “liberally”, even, in Albert Jay Nock’s Memoirs of a Superfluous Man and Robert Nisbet’s Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary.

Then hand him a wig to cover the fact that he’ll be scratching his head bald within minutes – taking care to dive instanter into the ferns nearby – ‘cos there’ll be time enough for scratching, when the blasting’s done…