This is my Seinfeld column. It’s about nothing. Every now and then I can’t think of anything to say. That can be a liability when you have a column to fill. Sure, I could write about the Mormon cult thing and say the Baptist minister who said Mormons aren’t real Christians is an idiot. But…
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Hello readers. Not all of you. Just the ones who think I’m an idiot. You know, the ones who have been writing to me saying, “Dear Bernie, You just don’t get it.” I started getting these love letters after my last piece about purists vs. realists, true-believers vs. those of us who want the most…
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My sources at the White House tell me that President Obama and his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a top-secret meeting just minutes ago — and guess who just got a leaked, classified transcript of that conversation? Correct. So, here it is: RE: Mr. President, I have an idea about how we can kick…
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Frank Rich, the star columnist of the Sunday New York Times, has figured out what’s really behind the angry reaction to healthcare reform. And get this: it has nothing to do with healthcare reform. Just check out the headline over his column: “The Rage is Not About Health Care.” Then what is all the fury…
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This is a response to a reader’s comment about my most recent column, “Attention All Bigots!” I have never responded this way to a critic. But I think that what I have to say here is worthy of an entire column, not simply a reply. I will first re-publish the original post. As always, I…
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You’re a bigot if you utter the word “Negro” – even though Negro is not a slur, merely outdated. If you don’t believe me, just ask Harry Reid. You’re a bigot if you use the word “retarded” – even though the word used to be used in polite company all the time, but now, like…
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Hats off to former President Bill Clinton. Time magazine just named him one of our 100 most important heroes of 2010. And then, to prove what good choices they made, Time got people to write in praising the winners. But not just any people. No, they only asked icon people to write in. So none…
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This was floating around the Web and wound up in my in-box. A case for profiling? You decide 1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by: a. Superman b. Jay Leno c. Harry Potter d. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes…
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