It is kinda funny. On this, the 100th birthday of the late great Mother Teresa, the Empire State Building is under fire from more than just the Catholic League. The organization, as you may remember, is holding a protest tonight regarding its owner’s refusal to mark the day with a symbolic blue and white light…

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…

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