Picking Fights

by Patrick Appel

Freddie DeBoer isn't blogging much these days, which is too bad because he's one of my favorite online writers despite his being to my left on any number of issues. When Freddie makes a point, he doesn't bother to dull the sharpness of his words – as any number of his statements in this interview make clear:

I do want to immediately recognize and admit that I have theextremist's luxury; I don't have to sully my beliefs with appeal todirty partisan politics. But that cuts both...