Treason they say; hokum I say

There is something more than a little troubling about books like the ones pictures, by Glenn Beck and Jerome Corsi and Michelle Malkin, that equate liberalism with treason. It's one thing to disagree — Ross Douthat and George Will, who I find off base most of the time, at least engage in debate — but it's another to transform philosophical arguments into concpiracy, which does nothing more than degrade the public discourse. That these treason tracts are the only political books — aside from the Kennedy memoir — available at the big box store we're shopping at today makes me just a bit sad.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet