Interesting indeed. Well written, only slightly flamey and thoughtful. However the author does that which is warned against:

"...casual thinking can often consist almost entirely in choosing, collecting and comparing the conveniently-labelled goods that happen to be about."

...

"President Bush, and indeed his friend and henchman Tony Blair..."

Henchman?

It's a good article, but it's biased. But then why shouldn't it be? Being equivocal or ambivalent would weaken the impact of the author's meaning.

Of course, perhaps I'm being biased against those with bias =)