Tag: Holocaust

  • Olbermann's SPECIAL COMMENT

    Finally as promised, a Special Comment tonight on the inaccurately described “Ground Zero mosque.” “They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t…

  • His cold, now dead, hands

    (Photo by the Associated Press) Mr. Heston was always able to channel some energies into the public arena. He was an active supporter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., calling him “a 20th-century Moses for his people,” and participated in the historic march on Washington in 1963. Left, he joined civil rights protesters…

  • A land divided

    Two friends, I’ll identify them as “M” and “Anon,” offered these reactions to the part of the speech by Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), that I said rang false to me. First “M”: It is a tactical decision indeed, as all actions and words are by all the candidates. And by all politicians in general. This…