Well, I guess he should know about putting his foot in his mouth in public — Jerry Falwell has weighed in on the Dixie Chicks controversy. Of course, I don’t think the woman who said this, Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas. . . . need…
April 30, 2003
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Cathy Young notes that a quote attributed to Steven Spielberg that has the director saying meeting Fidel Castro was “the most important eight hours of my life” is, in fact, a fake. According to Young, the quote originated in the Cuban press and then was picked up by Western news media. Unfortunately, Spielberg’s quote last…
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My freshman year in college I took an introductory survey course in philosophy in which the instructor assigned a reading which included a defense of homosexuality (among other things). After the class discussed the reading for awhile, the instructor said he was surprised that nobody had mentioned the author’s comments on homosexuality. The reason, it…