Roman Catholic Bishop James Tobin of Providence, he of the “Rudy Giualiani = Pontius Pilate” fame, dropped by the Providence Journal for an interesting conversation with columnist M. Charles Bakst. Apparently, Tobin peppered the columnist with the types of hard questions Bakst is used to asking _ with revealing results.
Maybe it’d be good practice for journalists to produce, from time to time, the kinds of answers we frequently demand. That is: Defend your position on this incredibly complex issue right now. In four sentences or less. Please.
It wouldn’t be pretty.
