A round up of recent posts by various bloggers who either attempt to strike a balanced note on heated debates and controversial issues, or improve our ability to find our own sense of balance by exposing us to new information and different points-of-view.
If, like me, you were thinking hoping the Religious Right and its skewed, divisive tactics were on their way to the garbage bin of political history, think again.
With the dust settling on the Air America/Randi Rhodes uproar, Shaun Mullen and Daniel DiRito turn an old meme on its head, namely: “They’re not out to get you (at least not as much as you think), and yes, you are paranoid.”
(Relevant to nothing but my own curiousity, a question for heavy metal buffs: Wasn’t Randi or Randy Rhodes the name of the original drummer or bassist for Black Sabbath?)
Courtesy of Sen. McCain, Andrew Sullivan shares an example of how to question, with dignity and appropriate caveats, the argument of someone with whom we disagree. (If only McCain had been as delicate in his answer about Christians in the White House.)
Ed Morrissey shares a chilling look into the mind of a suicide bomber, reminding us that “balance” is, unfortunately, either not present or not understood in everyone’s vocabulary.