Hate Speech: A response
Thanks to all who have weighed in on the issue of John Edwards’ "blogmaster" Amanda Marcotte. All voices and views are welcome here. The whole point of "Pushback" is to provoke a discussion, to take a look at the news and start talking about it…. Read More »
EmailDoes John Edwards Condone Hate Speech?
A bit of a tempest is brewing over the strident and profanity-laced writings of John Edwards’ official campaign "blogmaster," Amanda Marcotte. She joined the Edwards campaign last week, and she’s already gotten a lot of attention.At issue are Marcotte’s comments on her own blog, Pandagon… Read More »
The End
Sometimes, it ends abruptly–a single moment, a single crucial mistake. Sometimes, it’s over before it began–the odds so long there was no chance at all. And sometimes, it’s agony. For all of us who live and die with Chicago sports, last night’s Super Bowl was… Read More »
How the death penalty really works
Death-penalty trials are intense. The ideal of our justice system–that impartial jurors will be presented facts by skilled advocates under civilized rules of evidence and come to a reasoned judgment–is put to a searing test. A capital case (and I’ve covered many in my career)… Read More »
Spitting in the face of God
Last night on Nightline, John Berman filed a provocative storyabout a group of militant atheists who call themselves "The Rational Response Squad" and who invite people to denounce God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit on-line in "The Blasphemy Challenge." John’s story was fascinating–either infuriating,… Read More »
Should reporters want Americans to win the war?
The New York Times has publicly reprimanded reporter Michael Gordon–a great journalist, author of the definitive Iraq War book Cobra II–for saying in a television interview that he thinks the US can still win the war. Gordon was on The Charlie Rose Show on January 8th… Read More »
“End the War”?
There was an anti-war protest in Washington this weekend, and it might be the start of something big. Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle thinks the country’s about to see a wave of protests, gathering strength and cresting in the summer. "There is a sense… Read More »
Mitt Romney: The Interview
So after spending a long day campaigning in Iowa with Mitt Romney, I was struck by a couple of things: First, the number of people who came out to see him even now, a full year before the caucuses. There were a couple hundred people… Read More »
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Question
I’m in Iowa today, spending the day with Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who’s all but running for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney’s got a lot going for him. He proved his business acumen over two decades with the management consulting firm Bain and… Read More »
Let’s Talk About It: Hillary
Well, I certainly seem to have struck a nerve with that post on Senator Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy. Some of you took the opportunity to voice your opinions of her fitness–or unfitness–for office, depending on your point of view. Thanks, but that’s not a discussion… Read More »
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