At the Huffington Post, Maia Szalavitz writes In defense of John Tierney
This week’s New Republic Online trashes John Tierney for being “boring” and “utterly predictable” because of his libertarian politics. It bemoans the fact that he has done seven recent columns “lamenting” the war on drugs.
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But liberals should be ashamed that the only people who consistently cover the pain story are libertarians — and liberal magazines should be covering it themselves, not attacking those who do for being “boring.”
Exactly.

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