PBS television host Charlie Rose is a skilled interviewer, but he can't seem to hide his political ideology.  He routinely lets leftist guests express partisan views without challenging them.  That's fine, but he also seems inclined to debate, rather than interview, conservative and libertarian guests. For instance, in a recent show about Elena Kagan's Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings, Rose asked NPR's Nina Totenberg, "Nina, what is all this about her relationship to Justice Thurgood Marshall and trying to somehow identify her as a liberal activist?"  Of course, Totenberg then simply amplified Rose's implied disapproval of such tactics, scolding the Republicans for being foolish and possibly racist for attempting such linkage. Later in the same segment, Rose gushed, "I think it's nice to see a non-judge be nominated to the Court."  (To paraphrase Alex Trebek, please restate your fawning leftist opinion, mister interviewer, in...(Read Full Post)