In announcing her departure from radio following her now-infamous “N” word rant, Dr. Laura Schlessinger told CNN’s Larry King “I’ve made the decision not to do radio anymore. The reason is I want to regain my First Amendment rights.” Though, while she did apologize for repeatedly assaulting her caller with a word she (the caller)…

The nasty argument over Park 51 (formerly known as Cordoba House), the proposed Islamic community center/mosque goes on. The thing about this particular shouting match (debate is far too dignified a term for much of what’s been said) is that, in my opinion, whoever “wins” (that is, gets what they want) will ultimately lose. If…

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…

Steven Slater, the disgruntled Jet Blue flight attendant who has soared to fame on the wings of his spectacular meltdown at New York’s JFK Airport on Monday, seems to be television’s next great candidate for reality stardom. Hailed as a hero by some quarters on the internet, the Hollywood Reporter is seriously asking how Slater…

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