Fiddle-Dee-Dee

Between the “cross-pollination of the Übermenschen” (can you hear that? it’s the tumbrels) and the queasy closer to Jeremy Peters’ “Fox and Friends” profile, it’s a rough Thursday Styles for all of us.

Consider the background of Ms. Carlson, who is known for making light of her supposed ignorance. She has said during the program, for example, that she has had to Google the definition of words like ignoramus and czar.

Ms. Carlson, who was crowned Miss America in 1989, is no ignoramus. She plays the classical violin and graduated from Stanford with honors.