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While ex-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer likened Osama bin Laden to figures such as Robin Hood and Saint Francis of Assisi in his 2004 book, Imperial Hubris, one would've assumed that with the publication of The Al Qaeda Reader in 2007, which presents a very different picture of bin Laden, based on his own words, that Scheuer, at the very least, would have stopped depicting the former as nothing more than a man with grievances fighting tyranny and oppression. Yet, according to this article, in his latest book, Scheuer is now presenting Osama's writings as being similar to Thomas Jefferson's! I...

Editor's Note: In this section we entertain letters from the critics. Some readers are angry, some are not so angry, and others merely frustrated. January 1, 2006 Angry Reader:You, sadly, like many other conservative columnists, seem to have abandoned Conservatism for liberal Republicanism because you see no other choice under the current leadership.Conservatism, true conservatism, is hurting because so many people like you have turned their backs in favor of worshiping false idols.You want to portray this as some right-left American controversy based upon varying degrees of patriotism when what you're really perpetrating is the sellout of conservatism, while throwing...