In Ross Douthat's column...

...today, he makes reference to Lee Harvey Oswald ("a Marxist of sorts," in Douthat's words), the Black Panthers, the Weathermen, and the Symbionese Liberation Army in an effort to put "both political parties in the dock."

I know it's politically correct to think (and talk) this way right now, but all of Douthat's examples are from almost 40 years ago. We might as well be talking about Sacco and Vanzetti!

What's at issue is today's overheated political rhetoric.