Independent, centrist writer John Avlon, who wrote the must-read book The Independent Nation, did his first weekly “Wingnut of the Week” segment on CNN’s American Morning..picking two deserving candidates from the right and the left:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpsl2v6lAEYJoe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.