Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Rick Tyler (Republican strategist and former Todd Akin campaign adviser), Basil Smikle (Democratic strategist), David Clohessy (executive director, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests), Antonia Juhasz (fellow, UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, and author of “The Tyranny of Oil” and “Black Tide”), Jim Clemente (former FBI supervisory special agent and TV writer, “Criminal Minds”) and Alison Bailes (film critic, More Magazine).
‘Viewpoint’ for
Gov. Bobby Jindal called the GOP ‘the stupid party’ — but do Republican troubles run deeper?
“I actually think the Republican Party is more the party of bad manners.” —Rick Tyler watch video
Is ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ pro-torture? A film critic and a former FBI agent debate
“I think that we have to look at this as a cinematic piece of art rather than a documentary piece of fact.” — Alison Bailes watch video
Sexual abuse scandals have ‘tarnished the Catholic hierarchy,’ but culture of secrecy persists
“This is a monarchy, and as much as this scandal has tarnished the Catholic hierarchy, the men at the top of the pyramid still have faced little, if any, consequences for their dreadful wrongdoing.” —David Clohessy watch video
