A promising opportunity for those yearning for Victim Status. Of course, it will entail mastering the technique of roping the inflammatory object around one’s neck; but the rewards of Victimhood are not to be scorned. You get to demand apologies from all kinds of insensitive people.

Chandler Woodcock, the conservative Republican contender for Maine’s governorship attracted much censure for his bow-tie in 2006.

I’ve been getting a little criticsm myself while running for Congress with a snap-brim fedora (or alterntively a boater, a homburg, or a bowler as the mood and weather dictate) but the hostility aroused by bow-ties is far more severe.

Count me as a charter member of the SPCBT. What kind of dues are we talking about?