The New York Times is too ignorant to tell the difference between a far-left person and a far-right person: on the great George Carlin

"Mr. Carlin, who died in 2008, had always been a left-leaning comic whose skepticism of government would be right at home with the Tea Party."  Ehhhh, no, he won't be at home although I understand that ideological variations are beyond your understanding based on the duality of Republican-Democrat.