Hentoff is a big lib who purports to be a protector of the Constitution. His reading of it, and mine, differ significantly. However, he is one ofbthe few libs out there who has lines they wont cross on the mrch “forward”, and for having principles, i applaud him.
Your evaluation of Hentoff as a “big Lib” is way out of date.
He is and has always been a “civil libertarian”, but from the beginning, and that was over 20 years ago, saw through Bill Clinton, called him the emptiest man ever to run for President, and worked against him. He has been pro-Life for a long long time, and is one who doesn’t just hold the view privately, but writes eloquently and agitates endlessly for it. He is also the man who suggested that John McCain should take Sarah Palin as his running mate. I have no idea what kind of fault you might find with his “purported” protection of the Constitution, since he’s also done the same thing for
Free Speech, which is more under assualt than it’s ever been. I suppose what might have stuck in your craw recently was his opposition to the Patriot Act. Right?