"I know what happens to people who only talk to people who agree with them. You end up not being exposed to alternative views. . . . If you never have your thoughts or your facts challenged . . . you live in an echo chamber."
-- Rush Limbaugh on how Congressman Todd Akin arrived at his explanation that a woman's body "shuts down" during rape.
Carl Wicklander is a 2006 graduate of Concordia University - Nebraska and a student of history, politics, philosophy, and religion. Originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky, he now lives in Illinois.
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