Opinion Forum

Paglia on Pelosi and Health Care

November 11th, 2009

By Tom Carter Camille Paglia’s monthly column was published today at Salon.com. She discusses everything from Nancy Pelosi’s performance as Speaker of the House, health care reform, health care in other countries, and Obama’s decision on Afghanistan to Richard Dawkins on atheism, the study of anthropology, pop music, Madonna’s latest escapades, and more. As always, [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, health care, Obama, Paglia, Pelosi
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Paglia on Obama, Law, Palin

October 14th, 2009

This month’s Camille Paglia column at Salon.com is, as usual, a delightful read. As a firm liberal Democrat with a very open mind, her views are unusually realistic and bluntly stated. In this column, she responds to letters from readers. The letters themselves are good, and Paglia’s responses are even better. Here are a few excerpts [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, hate crimes, Iraq, Obama, Paglia, Palin
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Paglia: Health Care, Afghanistan

September 9th, 2009

Camille Paglia takes on the Democrats today in her column at Salon.com, mainly in regard to the health care debate. She also takes firm positions on the war in Afghanistan, the Van Jones controversy, and White House bungling of the President’s speech to school children. Paglia is an established Democrat and a liberal who hears and understands all sides of arguments. [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, Democrats, health care, Paglia, Republicans
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Paglia on Health Care

August 12th, 2009

Obama’s healthcare horror by Camille Paglia is subtitled “Heads should roll — beginning with Nancy Pelosi’s!” Paglia’s monthly column at Salon.com is always refreshing and thought-provoking. She’s a committed Democrat, a liberal, and a strong Obama supporter. But that doesn’t stop her from telling the truth as she sees it without regard to whose ox is being gored. [...]

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Tags: Gates, Obama, Paglia, Palin, Pelosi
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Paglia on Palin, Hate Crimes

July 9th, 2009

Camille Paglia answers questions submitted by readers in her monthly column at Slate.com. The questions and answers are on Sarah Palin, loose comments on assassinations of and attacks on political figures, President Obama’s apparent attitude toward women’s rights, the power and limits of language, hate crimes legislation, perceptions of art as pornography, and commentary on several issues [...]

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Tags: hate crimes, Paglia, Palin
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Paglia on the Obama Speech

June 10th, 2009

Camille Paglia writes a monthly column at Slate.com. Her column for this month was published today. As I’ve said before, “She is what an intellectual should be — an intelligent, educated person who has the courage and strength of mind to breach all boundaries of orthodoxy.” In this column she deconstructs President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world [...]

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Tags: Muslims, Obama, Paglia
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Paglia on Talk Radio and Culture

May 23rd, 2009

As anyone who frequently reads Opinion Forum knows, Camille Paglia is one of my favorite columnists and one of my favorite people. Her only on-line presence is at Salon.com, where she writes a monthly column. Each column addresses a variety of issues, with her witty and insightful commentary putting meat on the bones. In this month’s column, [...]

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Tags: Obama, Paglia, talk radio
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Paglia Responds to Readers

April 8th, 2009

Camille Paglia writes a column on Salon.com once each month. Every third column consists of her responses to questions and comments from readers. Her are a few samples from the column published today: On President Obama’s responsibility for selecting inadequate advisors and staff: Obama’s staffing problems are blatant—from that bleating boy of a treasury secretary to what [...]

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Tags: conservatives, liberals, Obama, Paglia
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Paglia on Obama and Limbaugh

March 12th, 2009

In her monthly column at Salon.com, Camille Paglia discussed the faltering early days of the Obama Administration and its ill-advised attacks on Rush Limbaugh. She summarized the Administration’s ineffectiveness and embarrassments, including “that chaotic pig rut of a stimulus package,” the “shrill duo of slick geeks” who speak for the Administration on economic policy, and “the [...]

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Tags: Limbaugh, Obama, Paglia
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Paglia: Speech and Stimulus

February 12th, 2009

As I noted previously, Camille Paglia has a column once each month at Salon.com. Her February column, published yesterday, is another gem. In addition to other topics, she wrote about the Fairness Doctrine: Speaking of talk radio (which I listen to constantly), I remain incredulous that any Democrat who professes liberal values would give a moment’s [...]

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Tags: bailout, economy, fairness doctrine, Paglia
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Camille Paglia Unleashed

January 15th, 2009

It’s not exactly accurate to refer to Camille Paglia as “unleashed” because she’s never been on a leash. She’s an intellectual, a professor, an author, a liberal, a feminist, an atheist, a Democrat, and a supporter of Barack Obama. Yet she respects conservatives, even to the point of listening to and enjoying Rush Limbaugh; she’s critical [...]

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Paglia: Clintons vs Obama

December 12th, 2008

Camille Paglia writes a jewel of a column once a month at Salon.com, usually long and on various topics. Her column on December 10 is headlined, “What do the Clintons have on Obama?” She says, As for Obama’s appointment of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, what sense does that make except within parochial Democratic politics? Awarding such [...]

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Tags: Clinton, Israel, Obama, Paglia, Palin, terrorism
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