Casual Observation

Kathleen Parker actually had the following published by the Washington Post, yet, somehow, no meteorite landed on the Post‘s headquarters at 15th and L streets NW.

Phil Robertson — millionaire star of “Duck Dynasty” — seems an unlikely antagonist as 2013 wraps up. As all sentient beings know by now, he was suspended from the wildly popular A&E program for comments he made about gays during a recent GQ interview.

Suddenly our nation is consumed anew with impassioned debate about nearly every foundational principle — freedom of speech, religious freedom, civil rights and same-sex marriage.

Sometimes, the way people escape the wrath of the gods leads me to doubt the existence of the gods. If they do exist, they clearly aren’t paying much attention.

Author: BooMan

Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.