more Hitchens vs. Taranto

I have to agree with Harcamone about the Hitchens-Taranto duel. I read the Hitchens piece and thought it was great cuz it’s more or less where I’m at. Then later I saw the Taranto piece and read it, and it forced me to re-think the whole thing. I couldn’t disagree with any of his points, especially what I see as his main point, that the religious right does not have undue influence, and is not being pandered to. But rather they are receiving the influence due them in a democracy, or maybe even a little less than is due them. And that it is the secular left that is being overly aggressive and high-handed and undemocratic, not the other way around.