jason blair, obviously a black eye. i think there's probably something in general to bill's sense of the paper's natural institutional biases. i want to be careful here about how i phrase this. i think one of the reasons i was asked to do this -- by the way, thank you, fred, for asking me and frank and thank you -- at it nice to see you, and thanks to st. francis college. one of the reasons i was asked to do this, while i'm certain lay liberal -- no question about that, and if you read my stuff you know i'm a liberal -- but i'm a critic to some extent of liberalism over the years. i have been critical to some extent of multiculturalism, identity politics on left. my first book was -- there it is. can we just show it? it's an old book now. i actually -- i don't really agree with 100% of it anymore. >> played a role in helping him shape his ideas. >> i'm sure he's going to quote me against me in his rebuttal. that's fine. i have been somewhat critical of multiculturalism from a liberal perspective and that perspective bei