In his book "A Force upon the Plain: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate," Stern links Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh with the American militia movement. In a review in ""Reason"," Dave Kopel concludes that he "does not come remotely close to showing that militia members encouraged McVeigh to do anything illegal", but uses circumstantial evidence, guilt by association and undocumented quotes that turn out to be false. Not only militias, but all critics of big government are excoriated in the book. After the 1994 elections, Stern found that "the vitriolic antifederal sentiments of some of these newly elected officials" differed "in detail but not in flavor" from the ideas of racist gangs. Kopel considers his use of charges of anti-Semitism and racism as a way of vilifying opponents and delegitimizing political stands he does not like. But Patsy Sims, writing in "The New York Times", noted: