Every time I see a copy of William Bennett’s Children’s Book of Virtues it reminds me that if I had kids, William Bennett is pretty much the last guy I’d want to teach them about morality. The recent furor over his huge gambling losses only cements my opinion of him.

Now, I really don’t care whether Bennett or anyone else gambles — even prodigiously — if they can afford it. It’s his vice of choice, and he pays his bills, so that’s fine. But he’s also a former Drug Czar who is responsible for enforcing and cementing policy that has ruined hundreds of thousands of lives by punishing them for indulgence in personal vices — even if they were responsible for the personal and interpersonal consequences. And he has the balls to lecture about morality.

So, screw William Bennett. As a Christian, I’m not supposed to judge — but William Bennett is an evil bastard, all the more so for his pretense to the contrary. I hope he loses the rest of his money and rots in hell.