“We can still appreciate the true things that Tom Frank writes. They comprise a considerable amount. He’s no Thomas Jefferson but at least he’s not Thomas Friedman. It could be even worse: we could be reading an op-ed by Richard Cheney. Still, if we’re looking for wisdom from a contemporary Kansas populist, we’re better off reading Caleb Stegall than Thomas Frank. Sarah Palin deserves some criticism and at least a little praise, but I don’t think the house populist at The Wall Street Journal is the place to look for a perspective on Palin coming from a place of purity or consistency. I feel the same way about the Democratic Party’s house evangelical, Jim Wallis, critiquing Pat Robertson.” (11/21/09)