Recently, I noticed an interesting phenomenon. I’m following the deceased. On Twitter. And they’re following me, too. That’s what my latest column for The Week is about. Here’s an excerpt:
“Mattie is still following me on Twitter. And I’m still following him. This arrangement will presumably go on indefinitely. He can’t unfollow me, and I won’t unfollow him. It might seem odd, but having him there is comforting to me. Unfollowing him wouldn’t just be unseemly — it would have an unsettling finality to it.”