Ethics

Michael Novak's Absurd Criticism of Obama

By Ed Brayton

I never know what to make of Michael Novak. He pretends, at least, to be a serious scholar and he is often taken seriously by other scholars. But then he writes drivel like this post for the National Review blog and I can't help but dismiss him as a partisan halfwit with serious problems following basic logic. He lists a few things that Obama did or said in his first few days in office and reacts to them with all the intellect of Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. Like this one:

On January 20, President Obama called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. He also declared his intention to give multiple rights and privileges to homosexual couples.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).