Then there’s the Washington establishment. For years, every political candidate has beaten his way to Imus’s door. Everybody selling a book has begged to get on his program. That needs to stop. Politicians and authors—all of us—ought to turn our backs on the shock jock bigot.

This will give a wonderful test of the character of this country. If listeners continue to listen to Imus and consumers continue to buy products advertised on his show, then we are responsible for Don Imus—and for insulting those beautiful young athletes at Rutgers.

So let’s leave it to the good sense of the American people and the free market. Mr. Imus has his right of free speech—I have my freedom of choice, and I have already made it.