First, Bill Kristol cites Michelle Malkin when he meant Michael Medved. Now we get this embarrassing (and still uncorrected, as of this writing) error from the latest David Brooks column:

All the habits of verbal thuggery that have long been used against critics of affirmative action, like Ward Churchill and Thomas Sowell, and critics of the radical feminism, like Christina Hoff Summers, are now being turned inward by the Democratic front-runners.

Ward Churchill? The Native-American Marxist "chickens-coming-home-to-roost" dude? I'm pretty sure he means Ward Connerly. Lesson for the fact-checkers here: you gotta check the name beyond the initials.

p.s. an alternative explanation: Could this be some kind of subversive act of neocon solidarity from Brooks?

In addition to BenAdler's thoughts on the hucksterism behind "Planet Gore," I'd like to add to The Editors' thoughts on Jonah "I'm Really Worth Listening To, Really!" Goldberg's new whiny tirade about the Left today.

Goldberg is feeling pissy because he thinks the Left, that massive and always-unified bloc of fifth columnists and diletantes, doesn't spend enough time trying to discredit left-wing extremist footnotes like Ward Churchill.

Conveniently, this highlights an interesting phenomenon I've noticed a number of right-wing commentators perpetuating.  There seems to be this school of thought that argues it's better to wildly promote and give countless hours of free exposure to radicals who in no way represent responsible thought or any widely-followed political ideology, than to simply marginalize and ignore them.