[L.N. Smithee]

McCarthyism never has referred to anti-communism. McCarthyism means making reckless accusations and public smears without real evidence.

I don't read the Republic, so maybe an AZ resident can inform me -- has the paper made any editorial condemnations about President Bush's "deception" in his State of The Union speech?

[hoyaloya]

As a Phoenician, I can report to all that the Arizona Republic is a lost cause. After Gannett took it over, the PC culture was ushered in in its full flamboyant fury.

It appears evident from the "rant" that the editorial staff either hasn't read the book or is now ideologically bent beyond willingness to consider facts undermining their reality.

I've got to think that in a state like Arizona a conservative paper would do pretty well. The Tribune isn't conservative (at least it wasn't back when I used to get it about 5 years ago) . . . meaning the state's major newspapers are all increasingly tilting left of center. Surely Fox has shown that the market will respond if someone makes it.