Some causes are hopeless and yet still worth pursuing to the bitter end.
And the bitter end comes soon for those who have for years opposed the ill-conceived World War II memorial. On Sept. 7, the National Capital Planning Commission, the last official body to rule, will undoubtedly vote to make it a fact. After that, there will be lawsuits. One will claim that the site on which the memorial is to be established is, according to the National Park Service's own studies, an integral part of the Lincoln Memorial and thus presumably inviolable. Because of the site.