https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/08/26/shameful-honor-or-honorable-shame/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 14:36:20 -0400<![CDATA[John Kerry&#8217;s &#8220;finest moment&#8221;, according to Bill Ayers, (YouTube link) was the day he threw his medals away. Should we listen to him? Is it possible to even discuss the video without somehow being accused of bigotry? Some have implied that society&#8217;s &#8220;finest moment&#8221; should be the ability to throw the information about what is implied about Ayers, as exemplified by the anecdote he himself tells,  away.  Yet Ayers himself doesn&#8217;t cast aside the information, but shouts it from the housetops as in the recent interview. How does one listen, yet not listen to Bill Ayers? The implied answer is to wear a filter where the Ayers story about Kerry becomes a noble anecdote &#8212; a kind of modern Horatius Not At the Bridge story.]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:11:46 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2008/08/26/shameful-honor-or-honorable-shame-n185988