John Earnest was an earnest anti-Semite. Before opening fire in the Chabad Synagogue near San Diego during a Passover service on April 28, he published a rambling online manifesto that praised Adolf Hitler and condemned Jews to hell. In addition, Earnest expressed hatred of Islam, posting invectives against Muslims and...

  In my day, heroes like JFK, Mickey Mantle and George Reeves did not have feet of clay. They were photogenic, stainless-steel men who stared down commies, smacked grand-slams and soared through the air to the rescue. As a kid, I didn’t dream of them cheating on their wives, smoking cigarettes, cussing a...