>By the way, for the rest of us, what exactly does "actually and
>objectively" mean in this context?
I (speaking as one of the rest of us) got the impression from the text that you chose to quote that the author didn't have an axe to grind and therefor could view alternate points of view without prejudice. I apologize for not having read the quote in it's original context before replying, but I've been cautious about the size of my mail database, lately.
Martin