Peter, the party whose remarks are being quoted here are those of Eric Holder, the Obama administration’s Attorney General. That IS the opposing view. Taranto expressed exactly what I would have said, and it was simpler just to quote him, as he had already done the heavy lifting.

You may recall that I quoted Jonah Goldberg in a very recent post precisely because I disagreed with him sharply, and wanted to rebut his position.

When I repost items from other writers, it is either because I disagree and want to explain why, or because I agree and feel that the author has already done a good job of making an important point.

Political threads here invariably quote from the same group of like-minded individuals: Jonah Goldberg, the Wall Street Journal, Norman Podhoretz, and so forth.

My suggestion would be to take the opposite approach, and find an opposing view and deconstruct it. Not a pantywaist liberal like Alan Colmes, but something from a well-reasoned and thoughtful source, whether it is liberal (e.g., Glenn Greenwald or Rachel Maddow) or centrist (e.g., the New York Times or the Economist).

I mean, if you’re going to rigorously analyse these issues, it makes sense to leave the echo chamber and point out the putative weaknesses in the arguments of the other side …