They Can't Be

We joke about people lacking the empathy gene, but I think the real issue is that people of a certain class lack the ability-to-feel-shame gene.

If Stephens can abuse his position by searching out and threatening anyone who makes a joke about him online, and then devote an entire column to the nonsense personal vendetta that ensues, then I have to ask… how embarrassing is too embarrassing for Times editorial page editor James Bennet and his team?