Paris Hilton inspires love, hate, and merchandising. Over at the Inkwell, Charlotte Allen cheers on Kay Hymowitz's take down of the celebuant. Hymowitz, writing in City Journal, thinks:

Paris Hilton may be a composite of contemporary American sins, but hating Paris Hilton is another thing entirely. It's a sign of lingering cultural sanity.

That Allen, a moderately well-known writer, and Hymowitz, a reportedly serious person herself, spent any time over Paris Hilton makes FBLA roll our eyes. We agree with Jeanette Walls who once told us that

Paris Hilton is a victimless crime.

If scholars study Elvis, Buffy, and the words to Baby Got Back, why not Paris-ology? FBLA would be proud to have the chair in Paris Hilton Studies.