[ThrowawayR2]

The parent poster does have a point; the Wikipedia entry for the author indicates that he identified politically as a Libertarian and later Republican: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamson_Evers which is a likely bias.

We should be careful to draw conclusions only after reading the source material that the opinion piece is quoting from.

[zepto]

No, the parent is just making a standard ad-hominem which adds no value to discussion of the content.