Minor storm erupting at the LA Times

LA Times columnist Joel Stein penned a column that ran this week which began "I don't support the troops", and it's turning into a bit of a storm. To get to the bottom of it, Hugh Hewitt had Stein on his show yesterday and just sliced him and diced him. Read the transcript for yourself.

I disagree with Hewitt's implication that only those who have family members in the Forces are allowed to have legitimate opinions on operations abroad, because that type of thinking just helps to build up someone like a Cindy Sheehan. I also think that everyone should be allowed to say whatever the hell they want to say, but they have to face the consequences of expressing ill-informed opinions or sloppy judgements based on lazy thinking. A lot of journalists have their heads up their own asses and are never held to account, and they should be.

Dennis Prager also discusses the implications of Stein's column here.