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Most Recently, The President's Reluctance To Offend Senator Rick Santorum - A Catholic Theocrat Who Believes That States Should Have The Power To Arrest Gay Lovers In Their Bedrooms, Or Even To Criminalize Couples Who Use Contraceptives - Was An Occasion To Wonder What, Exactly, Mr. Bush Was Born-again Into.

The Queen Of Aggregation Is, Of Course, Arianna Huffington, Who Has Discovered That If You Take Celebrity Gossip, Adorable Kitten Videos, Posts From Unpaid Bloggers And News Reports From Other Publications, Array Them On Your Website And Add A Left-wing Soundtrack, Millions Of People Will Come.

Twitter And Facebook Are Brilliant- Tools, The Journalistic Uses Of Which Are Still Being Plumbed. They Are Great For Disseminating Interesting Material. They Are Useful For Gathering Information, Including From Places That Are Inaccessible.

My View Of Social Media Is That It Is A Set Of Tools, Not A Religion.

Choosing My Favorite Moment In Journalism Would Be Like Picking A Favorite Among My Children. I Can't Pick One Favorite.