But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly…

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For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and...

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and...

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5...

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

I think that might have been an element in it, and people have asked me...

I think that might have been an element in it, and people have asked me...

But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire...

But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire...

Now, for pure bloggers, for individual people who are just posting their own thoughts, they...

Now, for pure bloggers, for individual people who are just posting their own thoughts, they...

Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no...

Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no...

And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing...

And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing...

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form...

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form...

Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in...

Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in...

Inevitably, these sorts of things are going to come back to blow up in people's...

Inevitably, these sorts of things are going to come back to blow up in people's...

I'm working seven days a week in the fall. I couldn't possibly keep that up....

I'm working seven days a week in the fall. I couldn't possibly keep that up....

It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early...

It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early...

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know...

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know...

And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment.

And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing...

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing...

I'm a smart guy, I know the history of this issue and why people care...

I'm a smart guy, I know the history of this issue and why people care...

Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in...

Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in...

It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They...

It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They...

I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.

I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.