Here we go with more articles I recently found interesting. As always, I do not concur with every word of them but feel that — well, you know…
- Never Trust Anyone Who Says "Afghani" by Timothy Noah, Slate
- Does the Fate of Politically Incorrect Really Matter? by Bob Somerby, The Daily Howler
- Rush to Conform Endangers Liberty by Joe Conason, New York Observer
- Fighting the Forces of Invisibility by Salman Rushdie
- Thugs Make Unreliable Allies by Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times
- Remember Florida? by Seth Mnookin, Inside.Com
- What Bush Said and When He Said It by Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
I started to write one of my little political insight pieces for this page but I realized that the pieces above by Mssrs. Conason and Somerby said what I wanted to say but, of course, said it far better. Somerby's piece is especially interesting. A lot of newspapers reported the remarks of White House press secretary Ari Fleischer commenting on what Bill Maher had said. Unless I missed it, none of the reports included the simple, relevant points that (a) Fleischer admitted to not having seen or heard the remarks he was criticizing and (b) that he was basing his remarks on a completely inaccurate paraphrase by the person who asked him about the alleged statement. I expect to be rolling this one out repeatedly in the future to explain my problem with the press these days.