I have pretty much stopped using his guidebooks because he seems to be unable to prevent himself from making snide comments about churches, particularly Catholic churches, and presenting history from a strange anti-Catholic/anti-Christian point of view. Since most European countries have many churches and a long Catholic history, this gets a little annoying.
Not surprisingly, however, he seems to have a soft spot for Islamic theocracy. All lefties do.
I bought Rick Steeves’ DVD set about 5 yrs ago. Needless to say, I’m totally shocked to find out he is a huge liberal. BTW, I read he got divorced last year. Wonder what happened...