How can you be repelled by liberals' mindless hatred directed at those with whom they disagree but not see that their ideology cannot brook dissent because it is so flawed so as to be indefensible?
Because being a liberal pays his bills. This is the once-a-month or so time that Williams takes a position that might elevate him above the majority of liberal talking-heads. He’s just a liberal arts major (BA in Philosophy from Haverford College), who has spent his whole career as a writer and journalist. No advanced degrees, no research, nothing but a pundit. In a different time, he would have become a blogger.
Why FReepers get so wrapped up in what paid columnists and commentators say is a mystery to me.