One of the more frightening aspects of the decline in civility we are seeing is the willingness of ordinary, not just moonbat, publications to publish anti—Semitic images and screeds. We saw where this leads 70 years ago in Germany. The latest example is the free bi—weekly newspaper misleadingly titled the Berkeley Daily Planet. It used to be a five day a week freebie, but I believe it changed hands and switched to bi—weekly format. At about that time, it also veered to the left. It is handed out where I shop for veggies, and is in many street vending boxes, too. Chip Johnson, a very sensible and talented columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, today highlights a column from the Planet which I had managed to miss. Fact is, I stick to zoning dispute and other community stories and always skip the opinion pieces, which are usually from fairly unhinged leftists, ranting away. Chip writes: The article, which appeared as commentary on the opinion pages of the...(Read Full Post)