Every now and then a war breaks out that is actually fun to watch. The kind of war where you’re hoping both sides lose. Thankfully, such a war has now erupted, and right here in the United States of Entertainment. On one side is a man who gives the term “nut job” a bad name. …
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I read an op-ed in the New York Times the other day about the Trayvon Martin shooting. The writer, an author named Rich Benjamin, was mainly talking about his dislike of gated communities where residents, he says, develop a bunker mentality and see outsiders – “the young, the colored and the presumably poor” – as…
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President Obama called it a “tragedy,” and he was right. “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.” The president, of course, was talking about the death of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year old black teenager armed with nothing more than a pack of candy and an iced tea who was shot and killed in…
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It’s time for Rick Santorum to go. He’s getting more whiny than usual and it’s getting tiresome. Like Newt Gingrich, he’s not going to win the nomination, and I suspect he knows it. But I get the impression that he doesn’t really care who wins in November – unless it’s him. Where did I get…
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You have to feel sorry for President Obama. He gets such a bad rap. Gas prices are high and going higher and despite what you hear from his enemies, it’s not his fault. We’re in the midst of the weakest post-recession recovery since before World War II, and again, despite what his mindless detractors tell…
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I don’t know why those nasty conservatives are always taking cheap shots at the United Nations. I mean, the U.N. cares about stuff, important stuff. Don’t the delegates who leave the comfort of their homes in places like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh only to endure the hardships of Manhattan and Geneva do really important work? Why…
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For years, journalists have bristled at allegations of liberal bias in the news. “If you think we have a bias,” some of them would say, “that only proves one thing: that you’re the one with the bias.” When my book Bias came out at the end of 2001 –despite a surprisingly good review in the…
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There are many things I like about Rush Limbaugh. I’ve been on his radio show 4 or 5 times. He was generous enough to do an interview with me, which I published in my last book, A Slobbering Love Affair. He has read things on the air that I have written and complimented me about…
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