I agree with what Thom Hartmann said this morning re this: NPR, as a tax-subsidized "news" outfit, should not be offering partisan political commentary, period. Having "representatives" from "both sides" doesn't make it OK. They should, to the best of their ability, be trying to find and present news - including factual analysis where that can be had.

But I can understand why NPR feels that Williams, as a Fox commentator, has not been representing what NPR is supposed to be about.

As for the substance of what he said about "Muslim garb" and having fear aroused, it seems to me that's pretty irrational. As irrational as it would be if I said every time I see a buzz cut I fear another Timothy McVeigh or every time I I hear a German accent I think it may be another Hitler. Were Muhammad Atta and his cohorts "wearing traditional Muslim garb" on 9-11-01, anyway?