It is almost an obligatory routine for right-of-center bloggers to link to Mark Steyn and exclaim for the umpteenth time what an excellent piece he has written. Today is no different and to be frank, I am no different either. But let me quickly reflect on why Steyn is able to stand out from the crowd of conservative pundits, apart from the fact that he’s right most of the time. In today’s succinct commentary on the Schiavo case for the Chicago Sun-Times he is able to address:

1. The underlying legal flaws in the case;
2. The medical aspects
3. A few moral aspects;
4. Why it is not a religious-right issue only;
5. The questionable nature of Michael Schiavo’s actions;
6. Congressional overreaching and states' rights.

And for good measure he takes a swipe at Canadian statists and comes up with a revealing anecdote about Christopher Reeve. He crams all of that into 1,124 words and on top of that throws in some unique humor (the Hollywood VP reference is just hilarious) something no one in this case was able or daring enough to do. So here we go again: read the whole thing. And this time I mean it.