News of the death of Senator Simpson is received at the Sun with sadness. He represented Wyoming in the upper chamber for nearly two decades between 1979 and 1997. Simpson, who had a peppery personality in the best sense of the word, became embroiled in an epic feud with the editorial page of the Journal over immigration. Simpson was for a more restrictive policy, while the Journal was — to oversimplify — for letting the market regulate immigration. 

From the remove of two generations the feud — in which we pulled an oar in the editorial galley of the Journal — reminds of the rabbinical court in which the Rabbi said to the plaintiff, “you’re right.” When the defense spoke up, the Rabbi thundered ‘You’re right, too.” And when the witness said, “They can’t both be right,” the Rabbi growled “You’re right, too.” To us it looks like the Journal won the battle of principle and Simpson of prevision.