I usually enjoy Charley Reese’s editorials. Our local paper carries them. I had never really pinned him down politically. I figured him for something of a moderate democrat, or libertarian. Mostly, I liked that he tends to argue a little more deftly than your typical syndicated newspaper talking head. Well, that all changed recently. If this piece of tripe had crossed my desk when I was still teaching English for a living, I doubt it would have merited a “D.” It’s not a question of grammar. And it has nothing to do with my own opinions on the subject (here, SUVs). It’s the tendency for over-generalization (e.g. “If the truth were known, they [liberals] had the human race [. . .]” or perhaps “All liberals are just gutless wannabe dictators.”). The level of discourse in these sorts of pieces is why plenty of people now bypass the talking heads and read blogs instead. I’d expect this sort of nonsense from others, but I’d come to expect a bit more intelligence from Mr. Reese.