SO WHAT WAS I WRITING ABOUT, six years ago on September 10, 2001? Ashcroft and the press — I was siding with the press; DC’s for-profit parking enforcement — I was siding with the parkers; how Bush didn’t seem to be having fun as President — little did he know; and cybersnooping on federal judges.

Other posts around that time: The FBI’s overlarge jurisdiction and the problems it caused; and casual — and historically illiterate — slams against the West and war. Little did I know . . . .