Glenn Beck Interviews Dr. Ron Paul for a full hour…

One month ago I wrote to Glenn Beck the following:

I must say Glenn, that after hearing your immoral attempts to de-moralize an honest man and his loyal supporters, you have lost my respect. I am still hopeful that your integrity will humble you enough to make a public apology on your radio show and TV show. Until then, you will no longer enter my airwaves nor will you have any more opportunities to influence my thinking on any subject.

Last night, Glenn Beck brought in Dr. Paul for an hour interview. The interview was honest and covered almost every issue Paul cares about. Indeed, Glenn gave Ron sufficient time to expound his ideas and delineate himself from his more conspiratorial supporters, though not excluding them. Glenn brought to Paul’s attention some of the threats he has received from Paul supporters. He may be legitimately concerned about his safety and his family’s. Paul did a fine job in defending a non-violent approach to individual and national relations.

I must say that Beck has restored some of my trust in his work, though I still carry strong distrust of his apocalyptic viewpoints. As Rockwell points out:

Some of Mr. Beck’s supporters advocate genocide against Arabs and Muslims, and the nuking of Mecca and Medina.

It would have been better if Beck apologized to the majority of Paul supporters and clarified his earlier statements where he equates supporters with terrorists. Nevertheless, this interview did restore at least some of my trust in Beck’s commentary, though perhaps Beck’s kind words in his interview with Paul had something to do with his highest ratings since day one.

Wednesday Links Concerning the Paul Campaign…

• Ron Paul makes Time Magazine as “Person Who Mattered.”
• Ron Paul’s Interview with Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe makes it to my top five favorite interviews in the last 12 months.
• A Letter to Pro-War Libertarias on Behalf of Ron Paul.

From Archives: The Just War Theory and the War in Iraq

Editor’s Note: My most viewed post since the start of this blog was the article I wrote in the end of 2004 entitled: The Just War and the War in Iraq. Since I wrote that article, my stats confirm that at least one person a week has read that article since 2004. I have since re-visited that post and made some adjustments to the text by adding some helpful links and making it more readable, though the content remains virtually the same. The article compares the arguments for and against the war in Iraq. It was a fair assessment at the time, though in the last three years the abundant evidence has proven the immense fallacy of the Iraq War.