"But it does suggest that Solomon has his eyes on impressing the national media elite..."

I'm not impressed. Culling certain words out and including others in isn't as impressive as how they are used.

Abused.

Misused.

All of the above

Liberal@MediaElite.com

Nuff said.

Since when is the religion of the founder of a secular newspaper relevant? I don't recall Salon pointing out the religions of the publishers of the Washington Post, New York Times, etc., nor do I see any evidence offered by Salon that the Washington Times has a nefarious religious purpose. Further, if you refer to the Washington Times as a conservative stalwart, will you refer to the Washington Post and New York Times has liberal stalwarts? Is the religion of an executive now an acceptable way to denigrate an institution?

Any pundit who claims using "immigrant" over "alien" show liberal slant is just plain ignorant of U.S. law. There are legal definitions of the two that make the distinction relevant and significant. Aliens are a much wider category, and include immigrants and non-immigrants. The term alien also refers to such non-immigrant persons as amassadors, visiting professors, international students, tourists, non-citizen spouses of U.S. citizens, and much more.

For reference, the definitions in the Immigration and Nationality Act:

http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=cb90c19a50729fb47fb0686648558dbe

Now you know more than a conservative talk show host, but then, you probably already did.

Sun Myung Moon is a religious mogul. It is okay to write, "Sun Myung Moon, religious mogul..." Other publishers have other claims to fame, but that old Sun is a religious guy. It is okay to refer to him as such.

Would you call the Pope an ex-Nazi? Or would you write, "The Pope, an accomplished Catholic?" Does Sun Myung Moon poop in the woods?

Now just drop "gay marriage" entirely and refer to the subject accurately as marriage equality or the freedom to marry, and you'll have made it all the way up to 2004.

Since when is the religion of the founder of a secular newspaper relevant?

When the religion of the founder is the religion he founded. When right-wing nutjobs swear by a newspaper run by a figure who, at the very least, does not conform to their publicly stated beliefs -- which is to say that he created a religion wherein he is worshipped by others -- then it's worth noting. If that makes you uncomfortable, then the answer isn't to try to hide the truth, but to ask yourself why you should want others to do so. It's never too late to simply stop defending the indefensible.

There are at least 22 instances of "illegal aliens" in the U.S. Code, and only one that I could find of "illegal immigrants". While be_fearless correctly points out that "alien" is a broad term, "illegal alien" is not, refering to an alien who's here illegally. "Immigrant" generally refers to someone who's here legally intending to stay, not a "self-service" visitor.

See my link in the post itself, and note that I have thousands of posts on this topic in my archives at my name's link.

"Similarly, blogger Extreme Mortman joked, "Bad news illegal aliens -- you don't exist anymore. So sayeth the Washington Times. Now that illegal aliens don't exist anymore, maybe they can likewise make my parking tickets disappear."

Hello? Is this mic on? Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I'm here all week! Don't forget to tip your waitress!

Dropping scare quotes is a welcome style change. Illegal aliens describes a status and illegal immigrants describes both a status and an intention. Illegal immigrants better describes the situation. Perhaps increases in national immigration quotas would let more immigrate legally. Efforts to improve the economies of the nation to our south, like NAFTA, efforts Democrats generally oppose, have yet to reduce the income disparities between the U.S. and the Latin nations.

Mr. Koppelman's post surprises with its intelligence and fairness. However, reportedly, it's the Unification Church that owns The Washington Times, not the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. And I doubt greatly that the man "runs" the newspaper. That surely would be a full-time job and, if one source is correct, Rev. Moon is 87 years old. I am not sure what his role is, but it has to be rather distant.

I subscribed to the paper for 11 years, dropping the daily because of the pressure of time; I still get its Sunday edition, mostly for the superb book reviews. (In a recent retrenchment, sadly, the reviews were cut to two pages from three I got a terrific history of the Peloponnesian war thanks to a review and also learned of the thought of Isaiah Berlin, thanks to another.)

This writer is a practicing Roman Catholic, alert to anyone’s expression of beliefs and principles, and could discern nothing in the news pages of Unification Church beliefs. Concern over that mostly reflects the bogeyman status of any religion to most leftists. Worth special mention: the newspaper, when I subscribed, had perhaps the best reporter on the visual arts in the United States in Joanna Shaw-Eagle and I miss her insightful descriptions of paintings and sculpture. I trust a Washington Times article to be fair, but expect propaganda, and not even skillful propaganda; from the New York Times. (One person’s advocacy is another’s propaganda.)

People on the left would strengthen their arguments if they avoided name-calling. Whoever referred to "right-wing nutjobs" headed his letter in part, "Welcome to the 20th Century." The 20th century began on January 1, 1901. As with many on the left, the writer is locked in some time warp; perhaps another leftist, H.G. Wells, could explain it, However, like the 20th century, he's no longer with us.

Like other extreme conservative news outlets such as the Weekly Standard, the Washington Times never made a penny which strikes me as somewhat a pansy liberal thing to be doing. Like the wayward child who "wants to be an artist and express himself", they thought that they were privileged to be given their little handout from Mommy and Daddy.

Now, it looks like the Washington Times has to live in the real world and put their nose to the grindstone. No more liberal arts classes. It's time to go out and make something of yourself! No more handouts. It's a tough world, and you've got to earn settle down and earn a living!