tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post392863181105866396..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Watcher's Council Nominations, 4/29/08Freedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-63017818248602121532008-05-01T15:17:00.000-07:002008-05-01T15:17:00.000-07:00Hi Books,Nice to see you..pull up a chair.I lived ...Hi Books,Nice to see you..pull up a chair.<BR/><BR/>I lived in the City for three years, and a dose of Caen along with my morning caffeine was always a great day to start the morning. I<BR/><BR/>Y'know, I always thought of him as a classical liberal,as opposed to the modern species...but yeah, you're right. He probably wouldn't have survived in today's climate in the Bay Area without keeping his trap shut and his pen fettered.<BR/><BR/>All Best,<BR/>ffFreedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-38421338150599284492008-05-01T11:53:00.000-07:002008-05-01T11:53:00.000-07:00I loved your reference to Herb Caen. I grew up re...I loved your reference to Herb Caen. I grew up reading his column, and often miss his wit and City gossip. Of course, were he writing today, he'd be as muzzled as anyone else, especially since he was, to my knowledge, a good card carrying liberal. <BR/><BR/>One of the things I've realized is that, in the past 20 years, liberalism has made enormous strides, not only in censoring "others," but in censoring liberals themselves. PC-ness must be the greatest threat to freedom of speech that's ever occurred in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com