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Why Politics No Longer Attracts Our 'Best and Brightest'

ANALYSIS (Oct. 14) -- Politics as usual? In his Friday column, The New York Times' semi-conservative columnist David Brooks laments the state of modern politics. He focuses on the Illinois senate race, where Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is taking on Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Kirk has had a successful career -- Ivy League...

Hitchens on Bishop Eddie Long: 'Black Pulpit Gets a Sort of Free Pass'

(Sept. 28) -- "The easiest way to gain instant acceptance as a black 'leader' these days is to shove the word Reverend in front of your name," Christopher Hitchens laments in Slate this week. He's weighing in on the allegations surrounding Bishop Eddie Long, and typically pulls no punches. "Bishop Eddie Long of the New...

Atheist Hitchens Skipping Prayer Day in His Honor

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Sept. 20) -- Stricken with cancer and fragile from chemotherapy, author and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens sits in an armchair before an audience and waits for the only question that can come first at such a time. "How's your health?" asks Larry Taunton, a friend who heads an Alabama-based group...

Octavia Nasr Firing: Should CNN Also Ax Anyone Who Praises the Pope?

CNN has fired a 20-year veteran of the network, Middle East correspondent Octavia Nasr, for her comments on Twitter (since deleted) praising Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. Nasr wrote: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot." Fadlallah left...