More real journalism by Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow knows how to keep after a story.   More journalists should take heed that they shouldn't merely serve as stenographers for those in power.   They should aggressively pursue their stories, like Maddow did here, and speak truth to power.   And shame on Laura Tyson for not taking…

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What do non-Christians do at Christmas anyway?

What indeed! Well, it may surprise some people, but we don't sit around eating freshly roasted babies in front of a roaring church fire and wiping our mouths with Bible pages while we plot the destruction of Christianity. For one thing, it's summer in Australia, which means it's bushfire season. No,…

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Bill O’Reilly tries to understand the First Amendment

Bill O'Reilly tries to understand the First Amendment in the context of the Washington State Governor's attempt to accommodate other religious viewpoints along with a Christian nativity display.  It's a lively discussion, and somewhat entertaining during which O'Reilly never claims to understand that it's viewpoint discrimination that is relevant.  I…

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