Hyporitical Liberals, Good Leftists, and Glenn Greenwald

In the grim age of Obama, many liberals have enthusiastically jumped into the establishment fray. These supposedly free-thinking "radicals" are now completely fine with perpetual war, so long as a "trendy," "urbane" dem is the one leading us into it.

But while most of the left has already been hopelessly corrupted by personality cults and party loyalty, there have been some heroic exceptions to this rule. These "good leftists" have refused to excuse Obama's illiberal policies and doublespeak, and deserve credit for this.  Libertarians ought to prove that we are serious, principled thinkers by not just criticizing mainstream hypocrisy, but honoring messages of real dissent, even if the messenger happens to be leftish.

Of these "good leftists," my personal favorite is Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald. Today, Glenn agan brought to light an important and interesting story regarding the threats the Obama administration is making in order to cover up overseas torture probes (specifically, by Secretary of State Clinton).