While California battles a water shortage, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which raises millions of dollars a year purporting to fight a rising tide of “hate groups,” apparently is running out of bogeymen.  The SPLC embarrassed itself earlier this year by placing Dr. Ben Carson on its “Extremist File” list, and then offering an unconvincing apology. Matters have gotten so bad (that is to say good, in that there just aren’t that many hate groups out there) that Mark Pitcavage, director of investigative research at the Anti-Defamation League (another group fundraising off hate groups), has launched a little internecine warfare.  Watching the Watchdogs reports: Mark Pitcavage of the ADL: “According to Mark Pitcavage, director of investigative research at that Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the SPLC has a habit of counting single individuals as groups or chapters, which can give a skewed impression of hate groups in any given...(Read Full Post)