Myrna Minkoff vs. Sam Brownback

One of the more annoying aspects of the whole Amanda Marcotte affair was the fact that various young liberals I respect felt the need - out of friendship, or a desire to circle the wagons, or a little of both - to use the controversy as an occasion to throw valentines to the Minkoff of the blogosphere, describing themselves as "big fans" of her work and praising her "gifted, expressive, and wide-ranging" writing style.

That would be this Amanda Marcotte, just so we're clear. I would have described her prose as "Menckenesque," myself, but to each his own ...