To clarify, while BHL finds himself on the right in some public debates, he isn't of the right. His most frequent criticisms are of the left—he's somewhat like

To clarify, while BHL finds himself on the right in some public debates, he isn't of the right. His most frequent criticisms are of the left—he's somewhat like the Christopher Hitchens of France: a disaffected man of the left, criticizing the relativist left for failing to uphold its ostensible values.