Helen Thomas

Posted Fri Jun 11, 2010 in

I meant to write something about this earlier in the week, but have been remiss on writing here. I write a lot, but mostly in my off-line journals. Some things just shouldn’t be aired in a public venue.

While reviewing the morning email, my weekly summary from Technorati showed up with a link to this article on Helen Thomas’ comments.

I don’t agree with Ms. Thomas’ comments. However, that she lost her position for those comments is deplorable. She has every right to her opinion and the right express those opinions. That is something guaranteed by our Constitution. She was not passing her comments as fact.

The comments on Mohit’s weblog are appropriate. We need hard-headed journalists like Helen Thomas to ask hard questions of our government. We must keep track of what they are doing and expose abuses of power (and make said government smaller).

Mohit’s ancillary comments about shoes and body-scans are also appropriate. What are we coming to as a nation?