What Atticus Finch Would Really Do

Recently Rich Lowry, editor of The National Review, wrote an article entitled “Atticus Finch was on the Wrong Side,” in which he proclaims…

Recently Rich Lowry, editor of The National Review, wrote an article entitled “Atticus Finch was on the Wrong Side,” in which he proclaims that Atticus Finch’s project in Harper Lee’s iconic novel (and the subsequent film) To Kill a Mockingbird was to fight against the injustice of a false rape accusation. In this reading, To Kill a Mockingbird is a cla…