By Charles Coulombe, Crisis Magazine - Indeed, it is healthier for us that we honor their choices and laugh at them at every opportunity, although we should pray for them as hard as we laugh. For unlike the comedians, these men really were meant to be our spiritual fathers, however much they have wasted themselves on becoming ridiculous. Still, when I look at Tucho’s odd-looking visage and think “Send in the Clowns,” I immediately realize there’s no point in bothering. They’re already here.