Why is bill maher friends with ann coulter

And it's the first in a series of Chicago appearances by well-known names from the nexus of politics, media and entertainment.

The bills in New York and Boston are slightly different. So the series is new to Chicago. There's nothing unusual, of course, about out-of-office politicians, media pundits and political operatives parlaying their fame into lucrative speaking engagements. Gore reportedly commands a six-figure fee for a one-night event such as this one. So if you extrapolate those figures and make some reasonable assumptions, it's likely that all of the speakers in the series are taking home comparable paychecks here.

Some of these speakers -- Matthews, Rose -- are, of course, working journalists. But again, there is nothing unusual about celebrity interviewers being paid considerable sums for such extracurricular work.

Maher admits that he was complicit in the apparent collapse of the boundaries between political discourse and show business. His "Politically Incorrect" show from to may not have invented poli-tainment -- a trend with which Jon Stewart and David Letterman are intimately involved -- but he surely was one of the first comedians to understand that political guests had a lot more of interest to say than movie stars pushing their latest projects on Johnny Carson.

I keep kicking around in my head this quote from 'Lawrence of Arabia': 'If you bicker and act the way that you do, you will always be known as the silly people. You may wonder why Maher has taken such a turn against his party and the media. Indeed, in an interview with Jordan Peterson, Maher said political correctness is the elevation of sensitivity over truth. I hope the left is listening, because Maher seems to be the only major voice on the left that still believes in common sense on several issues — even in the face of cancel culture, which he rightly views as ridiculous and stupid.

Last weekend Maher made another excellent point about director Lin-Manuel Miranda. To be clear, Maher gets it wrong plenty of times, from Russiagate to his criticism of Sen. Joe Manchin, who is apparently the only Democrat in the Senate who believes bipartisanship should be more than a talking point. But looking at the big picture, I have concluded that Bill Maher is the only person who can save the left from itself.

June 26, am Updated June 26, am. Liberal firebrand Bill Maher has become an unlikely voice of reason for the left, ripping "progressophobia" and saying cancel culture "is why people hate Democrats; It's cringey. Who is the Ann Coulter or Bill Maher in your life? Sound off in the comments section. June 21, Aric Mitchell. Hannity said this of Maher.

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