Those unliberal liberals

What with absurdly restrictive speech codes on some university campuses, the shouting down of guest speakers, the effort to drive Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves, one might start to think that the term "liberal", in the American political context, is grossly misleading.

Lighten up, folks. Their hearts are in the right place, and I'm sure they mean well. They're just genuinely concerned over maintaining civility and human dignity in the marketplace of ideas. Like, for example, an earlier group of well-intentioned, but misguided, do-gooders, who sought to counter the effect of controversial ideas...