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Pam Meister
It’s Hard Being a Rich American Celebrity Abroad
Oh, the burdens of cruising the French Riviera while feeling ashamed of your country and president! Just ask Will Smith.
The Politics of Friendship
Navigating the political views of family, friends, and co-workers can be quite a chore during a heated election season.
How Volunteerism Became Un-American
It used to be that many Americans felt a need to "give back." Today, volunteer organizations face a worrisome manpower shortage.
Has Public Voyeurism Gone Too Far?
It's one thing when people allow themselves to be exploited on reality television. It's quite another when individuals, like the Fritzl family, find their personal tragedies being peddled by a greedy media.
Beware of Celebrity Political Endorsements
Celebrity pitchmen might help you choose your deodorant or lipstick, but why should you heed their preference for the next leader of the free world?
Identity Politics Is Bad For America
The Democrats' longstanding reliance on identity politics has come back to bite them in their 2008 primaries. It's dangerous for them — and for the country.
Investigate CEO Pay? Investigate Others, Too!
If politicians worry that CEOs make too much, they should also investigate movie stars and Al Gore — not to mention senators who campaign for higher office while feeding at the public trough.
Teens Who Hate America
It's hard to get angry at privileged U.S. teenagers who say that they hate their country. Given the messages they are exposed to, what else are they supposed to think?
Feeling a Little Obummed
After months of reverential treatment from the press, it's healthy — and even necessary — for Barack Obama to face criticism and be forced to answer uncomfortable questions.
NPR = National PROGRESSIVE Radio
Four short segments of conservative views were enough to flood NPR with angry phone calls and email. So much for "fairness," writes Pam Meister.
What’s in a (Politician’s Middle) Name?
Is it really tasteless or racist to use Barack Hussein Obama's name in full? Pam Meister enters the fray.
Freedom’s Ring Hard to Hear in Nanny State America
Obese people banned from restaurants? Mandated purchasing of heath care? Pam Meister suspects that the Founders are rolling in their graves.
Conservatives: Licking Their Wounds or Looking Ahead?
Pam Meister wonders whether conservatives and moderates can keep the lines of communication open. Otherwise, stubbornness on both sides will lead to a crushing defeat in November.
Online Discourse: Tact and Fact vs. Getting Smacked
Is civil debate on the internet too much to ask for, let alone during a heated election cycle? No, says Pam Meister. But censorship isn't the answer -- just try to think a bit before typing.
This Little Piggy Was Banned from Market
Bending over backwards in an extreme fashion to keep from offending certain groups of people doesn't appease such groups -- it emboldens them, writes Pam Meister. When fare as innocuous as The Three Little Pigs comes under fire, it's a sign that lesson has not been learned.
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