Bruce:

FIrst of all, if you think my postings were illogical, how dare you perpetuate the error and use the earlier wrong to justify the later one?

Second of all, I never used the NYT to prove anything. I collected opinions and reports from a variety of sources. The Times writers usually say things clearly and well. In addition to that they have some sensibility for the larger issues of the liberal tradition, such as the value of the Constitution, the importance of civil rights, and the unspoken duty of leaders to let their decisions be informed by a fundamental regard for humanity. All three of which standards I saw frequently being ignored or trampled in Bush's rush to war.

Third of all, if you had some diagreement with some writer I posted for the kind of meretricious abuse of logic that I just accused Novak of, I would probably have agreed with you. I do not like rhetorical dirty tricks. Believe it or not. But that is not the same as believing folks should speak truth to power and voice their considered and honerst opinions.


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