A pontiff from another continent?
Social progressives who are excited by the possibility of an African or Latin American pope should be wary of what they ask for. The leading candidates of color appear to...
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Hot air and the X chromosome
I usually avoid commenting on the feuds that occasionally boil up between my fellow column writers and commentators. Most bar fights offer more substance, not to mention the visual excitement....
Fake news makes foul government
Jon Stewart's satirical "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central likes to call itself "No. 1 in fake news." Team Bush seems determined to challenge the show for the title--with our...
It’s Hale who owes us the apology
Egad! Could we actually owe Matthew Hale, the white supremacist windbag, an apology? No way. I admit that the thought did cross my mind for a nanosecond upon hearing that...
The comeback trail
Who says there are "no second acts in American lives"? Well OK, F. Scott Fitzgerald did. But he didn't know about so-called reality television shows. In recent months we have...
Blacks hearing a new gospel from GOP
Republican efforts to court black voters, helped along by black church leaders, "should be cause for alarm" among Democrats. That's not me talking. That's Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, Al Gore's...
Rock ‘n’ `Ryan’: The 2 sides of TV censorship
On the day after comedian Chris Rock hosted the nationally televised Academy Awards ceremonies, the Federal Communications Commission exonerated ABC's broadcast of the Oscar-winning war movie "Saving Private Ryan." These...
Disappointing presidential silence about illicit drugs
I was surprised, but hardly shocked, to hear that President Bush all but admitted to illicit drug use during a conversation that was secretly taped. I am only disappointed by...
Gonzo’s final dispatch
Just as nearly every woman has a little Aretha Franklin in her, as I once heard someone say, I believe that every journalist has a little bit of Hunter S....
Check your media lap dogs, Mr. President
If America's mainstream media really were as liberal as conservatives claim we are, we would be ballyhooing the fiasco of James D. Guckert, a.k.a. Jeff Gannon, with Page 1 banner...