Another of his sins was his consistency. When the rest of the anti-war left got on the bandwagon for American imperialism, Cockburn continued to criticize American's crusades to remake the world in his image. On the other hand, he also consistently defended little people from the gigantic interests of monopoly business and monopoly government. He even opposed gun control, using the Chestertonian argument that it was simply an attempt to disarm and enslave the people. Worst of all, perhaps, in the eyes of the phony left, was the rational skepticism he applied to the religion of Global Warming.
You can see some more tributes, written by contributors to Mr. Cockburn's magazine and website, at Counterpunch. (Dave Lindorff, No RIP For Alexander Cockburn - apparently he was once a Catholic. Kyrie Eleison.)
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