Stanley Kurtz has a nice column on the liberal misperception of conservatism, which ends with these observations and anecdotes: The belief in conservative bigotry is more than a misunderstanding. It is liberalism’s indispensable drug — the opium of the elites. Are there some bigoted conservatives? Sure. But conservative bias can’t hold a candle to the thunderous bigotry of the Left toward conservatives. From the shameful attempts to portray Judge Pickering

Crimson Crusadertrade; Glenn Kinen informs me that this ridiculous boycott-of-Israel business is barely registering on Harvard’s ideological Richter Scale — that the media coverage being given this “academic” travesty is disproportionate to its actual, real-world importance (much like Bill O’Reilly’s career, come to think of it). Still, I just can’t seem to let it go, it’s so firmly lodged in my craw. So here’s more info on that dim bulb