So, I left this comment in the other thread without realizing that everyone had run off already and that I was essentially talking to myself, except this time on the internet. Here is my comment again, then:

First off, I’d like to briefly note that the two commentators that I first point to as being incompetent and thus in need of amplified criticism are Thomas Friedman and Charles Krauthammer, one of whom is a liberal and one of whom is a conservative, and both of whom are fairly moderate in the degree of their partisanship. Based on this and perhaps the people who get their own chapters in my book - Friedman (liberal), Krauthammer (conservative), Richard Cohen (liberal), William Bennett (conservative), Martin Peretz (liberal), Robert Stacy McCain (conservative), it has been alleged by a couple of people that my project must necessarily be noticeably partisan in nature. Well done, guys.

Of course, I do end up going after more conservatives than liberals in my general output, which has been media criticism. I do so because it is easier. See above, for instance. There’s a lot of nonsense that goes on at liberal blogs, but it absolutely pales in comparison to that which goes on at conservative ones. My criticism, like Charles’, is generally targeted at hypocrisy, intellectual dishonesty, demonstrably untrue assertions, and anti-intellectualism, rather than something to do with an actual partisan divide on an issue such as health care. See the reaction Charles received from his former allies over the past two years or so of messy breakup. Charles hasn’t changed much on issues; it just so happened that he had less tolerance for racism and hyper-nationalism and superstition and disingenuous arguments than most of the crowd he ran with.

Also, regarding this Christian/Muslim violence ratio noise, keep in mind that Christians stopped killed over religion as the Enlightenment spread; in the places where the Enlightenment have yet to saturate the culture, we see many Christians acting in the manner that Christians often behaved before the Enlightenment hit. Odd, eh? Maybe this is another case for the Little Green Footballs Street Irregulars!