OKBecky in Tulsa, OK
Monday, July 2, 2012 at 3:07 PM

I don't read that line your way at all. Noonan doesn't have to explicitly define every view as "hers" or "not hers," does she? I understood her to be writing about how the general media will now be championing Chief Justice Roberts as someone who has "matured" in office from the right-wing nut-job he was when first named a justice by GWBush. It's a pretty accurate reading of how some segments of the chattering classes will interpret the ruling, and Roberts' role in it; not necessarily reflective of her own personal views. That's one of the more subtle techniques of good writing.