OUR MORAL BETTERS: The crafter of language, Margaret Atwood, proffers a “hints”/”details” distinction and now proclaims what she knew but did not know to be “horrifying.” “If something horrifying might be true, but you only have ‘hints’ and not ‘details,’ you have some responsibility. Not only was Atwood Munro’s friend, but Atwood writes books that purport to nudge and instruct us about morality. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ seems to be taken as a perceptive observation of the evils inherent in our culture, a warning to see and to act before it is too late.”