Eric Alterman replies to Peter Beinart's infamous TNR piece

in The Nation: "Beinart's attacks on MoveOn – which understate the organization's 2.9 million membership by nearly 100 percent – rest largely on statements made by organizations he claims are related to it, often by nothing more than a click on its website. Many of his charges turn on the weasel word 'seems,' as in 'in recent years, [MoveOn] seems to have largely lost interest in any agenda for fighting terrorism at all. Instead, MoveOn's discussion of the subject seems dominated by two, entirely negative, ideas....' As a certain Prince of Denmark once remarked: 'Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not 'seems.''"

Thing brings me to another New Year's Resolution: Let us resolve not to bother with perceptions.