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Like a lot of people disgusted by the Wesboro Baptis “Church” — I won’t link to them, but rather to the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center pages about the hate group — I signed the petition at the White House website to make that reprehensible organization a hate group. All petitions at the…
I have no designs on public office, and given my strange history, I’m sure some political consultant would say that’s probably for the best. But if I was going to run for office, I would make the following promises: 1. I will never let the practice of my religion impinge on your freedom to practice…
I have always taken my role as a journalist seriously. I try to maintain objectivity, seek and report information from both sides of a given issue, and request actual answers to my questions. It drives me crazy to see the top tier journalists in this country ask questions of politicians that dance around the issues….
You and other conservatives have, for a while, been calling on President Obama to arm the rebels in Syria. While we would all love to see the perpetrators of the violence face some sort of comeuppance — and if it’s the kind that deprives them of political and military power, so much the better —…
Sometimes, Brian, I wonder if you want to carry the mantle of journalist raised by people like Mike Wallace, or just be a talking head, simplifying the news into 30 second bits. Tonight, for instance, in your discussion today about President Obama’s evolution on the topic of marriage equality, you, along with the rest of…
You might think that your words and actions — talking of putting people in the “cross-hairs” and putting gun-sites on various districts — don’t matter. But they do. Didn’t you teach your children to think before they speak? Did you tell them that what they say and the words they choose matter? Maybe not, given…
A few questions and comments: First, if this was a church or synagogue, would you still be opposed to this? Think hard before you answer. Be truthful. If so, you’re being hypocritical. Are you one of those people saying, “Anywhere but there”? Do you say you have nothing against mosques in general? You aren’t alone…
It’s no secret that politically speaking, I’m a liberal democrat. I keep thinking about what it might have been like if you had become president rather than Barack Obama. I was very torn during the primaries. I wasn’t sure you could win. I wasn’t sure he could lead. I actually felt you’d both be good…
I don’t know where to begin with you. I’m not going to agree with your Libertarian politics, and you won’t agree with my tree hugging practically communist brand of liberalism. So let’s not try to find common ground there. But here’s something I think we can agree on: freedom of speech. You can’t stand up…
As you get ready to put Supreme Court Nominee Kagan through her paces, can we concentrate on questions of substance and stay away from the fact that she’s short, drinks beer and is a former smoker? Yes, Thurgood Marshall called her Shorty (about an inch shorter than the average woman of her generation), but that’s…