Here’s a refreshing story where two parties have a dispute, listen to each other and find a resolution — with neither side demonizing the other. It’s the best kind of Man Bites Dog — the kind where no one actually gets bitten. It all started when Best Buy, the electronics retailer behind the famed Geek…

My blog yesterday on what I found to be a sanctimonious Keith Olbermann commentary suggesting that opposition to the proposed community/mosque near Ground Zero stemmed from anti-Muslim bigotry drew some comments. Martin S. wrote: HOW ABOUT SOME SENSITIVITY TOWARDSTHE MORE THAN 3000 SOULS WHO LOSTTHEIR LIVES ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY??WHAT ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES ANDFRIENDS?? That…

Keith Olbermann, the low-rated MSNBC host, has weighed in on the proposed Muslim community center (for the sake of argument I won’t use the word “mosque”)  near New York’s Ground Zero. I weigh in now on Mr. Olbermann’s commentary (video/transcript here) suggesting that opposition to the center must stem from bad-old American intolerance though no…

Here’s a YouTube edited version of Showtime’s The Big C, officially premiering tonight at 10:30 PM ET.  The show stars Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison, a wife (actually estranged from her husband), mother and school teacher who, after being diagnosed with stage IV melanoma decides to spend whatever time she has left (she’s uninterested in…

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