Perhaps the only real way to contain my irritation with Washington’s WMAL radio situation, where host Michael Graham has apparently been fired after a fringe Islamist group’s pressure campaign, is by resorting to a bit of silliness.

After all, MAL stands for Maloney, for Malkin and Mal was my grandfather’s nickname. Every Irishman must have one (it’s the law), but it once caused him great difficulty on the streets of Buenos Aires, where his fast walking put him too far ahead of my grandmother.

Shouting, “Mal! Mal!” through the crowd ahead, a number of kind men rushed to her aid assuming she was in trouble, as though her handbag had been stolen, or she’d been attacked.

That’s about the only stab I can take today at lightening up a frustrating matter.

What really happened? How could terror-linked extremists win such a victory on American soil?

At the Radio Equalizer, I’m working on an update, based on additional information coming in late this afternoon. In addition, watch for the latest on the Air America scandal.

In the meantime, I thought you should take a look at some of what’s being said elsewhere about it:

— Powerline calls it “Knuckling Under“.

— LaShawn Barber thinks ABC has every right to make its own programming decisions.

— Saint Kansas actually heard the show in question and didn’t believe Graham said anything particularly outrageous. He thinks the host’s comments have been blown out of proportion.

— Lance at RedStateRant says ABC had better get ready for a backlash.

Watch for my updates tonight.