Howell on Milbank

From here:

Reverence and irreverence don’t mix well, especially when the irreverence of Washington Sketch columnist Dana Milbank is directed at participants in National Day of Prayer events. …

Complaints were expected about Milbank’s May 4 column, in which he used his razor wit on the U.S. Capitol Bible Marathon, National Day of Prayer events and an atheists’ demonstration.

To his detractors, Milbank was condescending, intent on ridiculing them and inaccurate in describing the events. To Milbank, National Day of Prayer events are political, not religious, and are owed no special reverence.