The magnifying trick of liberal paranoia::By Jonah Goldberg

Townhall.com::The magnifying trick of liberal paranoia::By Jonah Goldberg: "The waves of paranoia currently sweeping through America could be seen as the democratization of intellectual dementia. Criticisms of President Bush, Christians, the right wing, the Patriot Act, whatever: These are all fine. But presumably, such large claims against America should come with ample evidence to back them up. Instead, we get the opposite. The smaller the example, the greater its significance. And that trick is the intellectual class's gift to America."