[45Auto]

Hentoff seems to be one of the very few leftist voices with a clear understanding of the US Constitution. Yet, I cannot find anything written by him about his position on the 2nd Amendment. I have even sent him e-mails asking him to publish an article on the RKBA. Nothing.

[nickcarraway]

Interesting. I haven't seen him say anything one way or another. I don't agree with him on everything, but I like to hear what he says. And he may be the top Jazz writer alive.

[Cicero]

Nobody's perfect. He is still a leftist, not a conservative, he just happens to have a decent respect for human beings. I'll take my friends where I can get them.

What really, really upsets the usual suspects is that Hentoff still is a leftist, and yet he can say this. He's not a convert, not a neocon. He demonstrates that you can be a leftist and still care for human life--as, in fact, most of them dishonestly claim to do.

It's easy for leftists to dismiss a neocon as having sold out. It's hard for them to dismiss somebody like Hentoff. So, in a way, he does more good than if he totally agreed with us.

[goldstategop]

He used to be a liberal. I think he's more of a libertarian now. Hentoff moved cause you can't be a liberal unless you're pro choice and you're anti-RKBA. I wish he'd publish an article on the latter. That would really drive the ACLU nuts.

[JoeFromSidney]

Hentoff seems to be one of the very few leftist voices with a clear understanding of the US Constitution. Yet, I cannot find anything written by him about his position on the 2nd Amendment.

I spoke to Hentoff about the 2nd Amendment when he was a guest speaker at University of Dayton several years ago. He doesn't support it. I wish he did, he'd be an excellent advocate.