Memoir, redefined

The British press, which often is well ahead of the curve on things like this, is agog that Sarah Palin’s memoir is due out next Spring, a stunning $7 million having been handed over by HarperCollins for the privilege. It will appear at roughly the same time as George W. Bush’s volume about his ‘decisions’. They’re not calling that one a memoir, although Laura Bush is also doing something that might be given that name.

Ms. Palin has freely admitted that she has a collaborator on her project and w