In a world gone mad – we hang our heads as we witness the family of a former vice presidential candidate ripped apart just for being. We have even seen posts on a prominent liberal site making fun of a special needs child because of the politics of her mother.

Its a world gone mad. Well, maybe not the whole world. Witness the reaction of the crowd at Fenway one Fourth of July when a special needs young man got to sing the national anthem. Part of the way through he ran into a little trouble but carried on with, as the Anchoress says, with a little help from his friends. All 50,000 of them.