This is the St. Petersberg Times - one of the most liberal messes of a paper you can find. Their front page read like a liberal editorial page sometimes.
The very last time I bought them their main editorial was how come people arent't paying more property taxes.
There is one reason for buying them - coupons. They do have good coupons. Sometimes I need the 40% one off at Michaels. But after that ed, I swore I would NEVER give them another cent.
This column is standard fare. The paper is horrible. Even my kids noticed that their pictures of Bush make him look as weird as possible.
I went to the site and read several of Ruth's other columns. He's quite the tedious writer. Probably wishes he could be a nationally famous hack like Buchwald but knows he'll never make it.