On July 23 veteran conservative columnist Robert Novak was cited by Washington D.C. police after hitting a 66-year-old pedestrian with his Corvette convertible.
According to a cyclist who witnessed the accident and called 911, the victim was crossing the street on a "Walk" signal when Novak drove into him and then, apparently ignoring the figure "splayed" on his windshield, made a right turn, at which point the victim rolled off.
Novak might have driven away had the witness not blocked his path with his bicycle. Informed that he had just struck a pedestrian, Novak said, "I didn't see him there."
On July 28, Novak announced that he has a brain tumor and will be beginning treatment at Boston's Women's and Brigham Hospital. He hopes to return to his journalistic work before long.
It will be interesting to see whether in the future brain tumors will be invoked to explain the invasion of Iraq, the massacre of civilians by military contractors, the collusion between government and Big Oil, or the rigging and collapse of America's housing market . . .
. . . any instance in which someone inexplicably plowed into victims who seemed to be in plain sight.
He didn't see them there.
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