One of the reasons why I subscribe to The Atlantic is because it’s been a political breath of fresh air in recent years, providing an often eclectic mix of stories unafraid to bash the bogus assumptions of both the left and right. … But I’m beginning to wonder if The Atlantic is coming down with a bad case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Its latest Hitler analogy story is not quite the final straw. But it and other anti-Trump pieces of late have been a little too crude, too heavy-handed, too predictable for my tastes. There’s too many of them. …Maybe it’s somehow tied to the The Atlantic’s recent hiring of more staffers to cover Trump II. …

Btw — I’m not advocating a form of bothsidesism here. I don’t like ping-pong, false-balance journalism. But the only thing worse than bothsidesism is onesidedism. The outrageous actions of Trump in recent weeks demand tough, principled, comprehensive coverage. Yet it still needs to be perceptive, original and convincing coverage, not run-of-the-mill, semi-hysterical onesidedism that didn’t work in Trump’s first term and won’t work in his second. 

Btw II –- I used my own Hitler analogy the other week. So I guess I’m guilty of some hypocrisy here. But the Atlantic has recently engaged a little too often in Hitler analogies, usually a sign of onesidedism at work.