He must be a ghostwriter for Howard Dean.
Carroll is a learned man whose ethics are truly bizarre, to me. He lives in that imaginary planet where if only we were all liberal, the world would be perfect. As a Bostonian I've been reading him for years, and I have to admit I don't think I've ever completely read ONE of his columns; the ignorance is too much for me to deal with. His view of human nature makes me suspect he's never held a blue collar job, never spent much time with people from varied opinions and socio-economic backgrounds, and only talks with people he knows share his worldview.