Claudia Rosett, Communist.

Claudia Rosett, last seen here equating Bill Clinton with Neville Chamberlain, is very, very angry that Laura Ling and Euna Lee may have a deal to write a book about their North Korean ordeal. In short, Ms. Rosett simply does not care for the capitalist system:

While no one deserves the terror of being subjected to North Korea’s version of “justice,” there is something that feels simply wrong about the prospect that the two women, now safely home, stand to make a killing out of their story.

When another blogger suggests that Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee should

mortgage your homes now and start writing checks to repay the taxpayers for whatever your ransom cost us.

Rosett replies, "That sounds reasonable."

Really?

She continues, "It would be entirely fitting for Laura Ling and Euna Lee to donate whatever money they make from their story to some of the private charitable organizations whose staff — often at considerable sacrifice — dedicate themselves to genuinely helping the North Korean refugees whom these two women set out to write about."

A good rule of thumb? If you've worked in the service of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Roger L. Simon, don't presume to tell anyone about the moral obligations attached to a paycheck.