This one goes out to Rick Santorum
May 23, 2005News & Politics
"The New York Times...in its pursuit of balance...has tipped the scales in favor of fundamentalists who conform history to the demands not of their faith, but of their politics," writes Jeff of the mag's Rick Santorum profile this past Sunday. Santorum compares his absolutist faith and that of the founding fathers', to which Jeff responds: "As a summary of Santorum’s beliefs, that’s fine. But as unchallenged history, it’s absurd. By failing to demolish that argument, Sokolove lets stand the implication that this is a legitimate, arguable version of American history." Read the rest. (The Revealer)
