I was a big fan of The Ethicist, a New York Times column written by former Letterman writer Randy Cohen, and I honestly can’t quite remember how NPR decided to include me in this story. And I’m pleased that I managed to change Randy’s mind, slightly, in this discussion about the issue of seat reclining. I mentioned in the interview that I’d bought a Knee Defender, a plastic gadget you could slide over the arm of the tray table to prevent the seat in front of you from reclining.