01 Jul 2003 Dissent

Not everyone agrees with my rosy picture of Senator Hatch’s work on a solution to the asbestos crisis. “D.C.” e-mailed me to write, in part: “Please read today’s WSJ editorial: Senator Hatch’s long-awaited ‘reform’ makes things worse. This contrived issue of asbestos liability is a national embarrassment concocted by the trial lawyers and the Democrats to bleed successful people of their hard-earned money. In fact, everyone in their criminal conspiracy should be sued by people injured or burned by fires and explosions that would have been prevented had asbestos been in more common use.”