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Pundit's Pontificating Draws Fire

Maher sorry for Nazi jibe, but Catholics want scalp over cult remarks

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 21, 2008 11:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Not for the first time, people are calling for Bill Maher's head—in this case for taking pot shots at Pope Benedict XVI on his HBO show. "If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call... Read full story »

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