Kafka and the Whales

The huge humpback whale whose friendliness precipitated a surreal seven-year — so far —federal hunt for criminality surely did not feel put upon. Nevertheless, our unhinged government, with an obsession like that of Melville’s Ahab, has crippled Nancy Black’s scientific career, cost her more than $100,000 in legal fees — so far — and might sentence her to 20 years in prison. This Kafkaesque burlesque of law enforcement began when someone whistled.


Read the rest of George F. Will's column here.