Today on the Dish, we heard from customer service reps; one pretty angry lawyer; a master herbalist; an academic librarian; a resident physician; and the conversation continued on elites. Leon Wieseltier found clarity and common ground on the mosque; we played war games with the Taliban and the Discovery gunman was mostly just crazy. Weigel … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, we had reactions to the Glenn Beck rally here, here, and here. We examined the profit bias behind Beck, analyzed his reach, and awarded him our Hewitt award. We had more Mosque fear-mongering here while Conor condemned recent incitements to violence. We measured Obama's record on torture and the lack of … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Today on the Dish, new polling on the misperceptions of Obama's religion dominated the slow news cycle. More evidence of widespread bigotry against Muslims here and here. Malkin award here and a reader's thoughts here. Conor engaged Reihan and Ross on broadening the Cordoba debate to issues of assimilation and discourse. Laura Freschi, Daniyual Mueenuddin, … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Palin had chutzpah (or something else entirely) on the First Amendment, and then got schooled by Linda Holmes. Ross responded to Andrew, and Patrick parried with the heart of a Sullivan response until his return. On the Mosque, Conor accounted for both sides of Imam Rauf while Goldblog continued to bat for … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Today on the Dish, we asked how hallowed the ground around 9/11 really is. A reader questioned the automatic power given to 9/11 families, we assessed Imam Rauf and Mitt Romney; and Bernstein and Klein agreed the entire controversy doesn't matter. We looked deeper into the middle class milieu, argued about affirmative action, and the … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
