"A PERFECT STORM OF ANGRY

“A PERFECT STORM OF ANGRY LEFTISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM centered on one man: George Soros“, writes James Taranto.

UPDATE: Meryl Yourish also has some thoughts.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Speaking of angry leftism and anti-Semitism, Mikis Theodorakis, 78, who wrote the score for Zorba The Greek was quoted today in an AFP article:

“Today, we can say that these little people are the root of evil,” said Theodorakis, 78, a committed leftist and political activist who was jailed under the fascist junta that held power in Greece in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

What is it about today’s environment–especially in Europe–that allows anti-Semites to feel that they can express their hatred so openly?