Ruth Rosen, Psychic Medium

In last week's Father's Day column, Ruth Rosen channels the spirit of her departed father

Now, 10 years after his death, I can still imagine what he'd be thinking and saying today. He'd sharply criticize the U.S. Supreme Court for selecting a president; he'd excoriate President Bush for rejecting the International Criminal Court.

He would be especially outraged that prisoners are languishing in a lawless netherworld at a naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. "No right to a lawyer? No right to hear charges? And now they're going to hold secret military tribunals? This is not the country I loved."

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Ruth Rosen channeled the spirit of the slain Dr. King

If he were alive today, King probably would be reviled by many as an unpatriotic traitor. Why? Because he would oppose a pre-emptive war on Iraq. Because he would organize nonviolent civil disobedience against American military aggression. Because he would lead a march of the poor against tax cuts for the rich.

If Ruth Rosen's ideas had any validity, she wouldn't have to keep putting words in the mouths of dead people who can't refute her. Here are my predictions for some of Ruth Rosen's future holiday columns:

On July 4th, Ruth Rosen will tell us that Benjamin Franklin would have opposed school vouchers. On Purim, Ruth Rosen will tell us that Queen Esther would have favored abortion rights. On Thanksgiving, Ruth Rosen will argue that Miles Standish would have supported universal health insurance. And on President's Day, Ruth Rosen will say that if George Washington were alive today he would convert to Islam and become a suicide bomber.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at June 16, 2003 07:02 AM