Points Awarded When Points Scored

Indeed. And Jeneane's worthy critique of the Mahoney article also seems to me a worthy response. It is what it is and that's fully sufficient. As Ms. Sessum succinctly puts it: "You are free to destroy notions you’ve always had. You are welcome to challenge me and everything I thought was true. You are advised to listen, to reflect, to engage."

Of course, we are virtually begging for someone to start blogging the equivalent of The Man Show.* If they haven't already.
*(Warning: the following link points to a site that, if possible, is even less palatable than the television version, but the sound effects did wrest a cackle from me - much as the show itself can do - so here you go.)