Though I can't pretend to like the book what I like far less is the way most of the negative reviews seem to revolve around him being `in the closet' before going on to attack him for homophobia. The irony! And worth a few stars in vindication of at least part of his thesis.However though the loony left does exist, to suggest a national conspiracy on the part of the left is laughable in a historically conservative America and following two republican presidential terms. This smacks of invisible monster syndrome, lets face it we have enough problems post 9/11 without inventing extra ones! Trying to put ideology above economics, consumer demand and the physical sciences did not work for the Russians and it wont work for the Americans either. Americas success is and was built on pragmatism, the far left and the far right provide unworkable solutions.