John McCain catches it while trying to court the Latino vote. But if you want this guy out of power, I don't know how this helps...doesn't it just make you look petty and rude?
How much class does it take to heckle a genuine war hero as he's expressing honor for other genuine war heroes? I'm not planning on voting for him, but it makes me consider doing so - if the heckler is the alternative.
Ugh. How obnoxious. I am hugely critical of McCain over his reticence (and often active support)of policies that aide and abet war criminals who conduct torture. But the nonsense of calling him a war criminal, and these shenanigans effectively minimizes legitimate arguments and pulls the limelight to these attention-hungry egos. It's irritating.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
How much class does it take to heckle a genuine war hero as he's expressing honor for other genuine war heroes? I'm not planning on voting for him, but it makes me consider doing so - if the heckler is the alternative.
Is it really rude to heckle a war criminal? or petty? Let's just continue decorum while people continue to die there.
Ugh. How obnoxious. I am hugely critical of McCain over his reticence (and often active support)of policies that aide and abet war criminals who conduct torture. But the nonsense of calling him a war criminal, and these shenanigans effectively minimizes legitimate arguments and pulls the limelight to these attention-hungry egos. It's irritating.
minimizes legitimate arguments
Right. If we didn't have these dirty hippies, the mainstream press would be busy with legitimate arguments.
hmm.. yes, I can see how these hecklers helped me understand why McCain's position on Guantanamo is problematic. Disrespectful idiocy is not activism.