When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.

Of all the views that are detached from reality, the most delusional is that Christians are persecuted in the U.S.

When poor and ordinary Americans who commit crimes are prosecuted and imprisoned, that is Justice. When the same thing is done to Washington elites, that is Ugly Retribution.

A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.

The domestic NSA-led Surveillance State which Frank Church so stridently warned about has obviously come to fruition. The way to avoid its grip is simply to acquiesce to the nation's most powerful factions, to obediently remain within the permitted boundaries of political discourse and activism. Accepting that bargain enables one to maintain the delusion of freedom - "he who does not move does not notice his chains," observed Rosa Luxemburg - but the true measure of political liberty is whether one is free to make a different choice.

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.