A reader writes, "Liz Smith references 'scurrilous and comic material appearing against [Kennedy biographer Ed] Klein on the Internet ... beyond description' in Wednesday's NY Post (7/9/03) that the 'loyal faction for John and Carolyn' has been passing around." I didn't link to the Liz Smith item originally (I'm generally boycotting stories about Kennedys because, well, it's 2003 and no one gives a shit anymore) but I'll make an exception here, because this is apparently what's being passed around. An excerpt: "'Ed had an unusual taste for nose pleghm', one close friend who asked to remain anonymous revealed. 'He used to greet people at the door of his home with outstretched index finger and insist he have a go at each nostril. Then he would disappear into his study, sometimes for hours, two fingers digging furiously in his own nose with his collection of naked girl scout pictures spread out on the floor.'" I don't think Klein has any reason to feel threatened by that.
Ed Klein, we hardly knew ye! [TeresaDiFalco]