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By Matt Hirschfeld
Leonard Pitts Jr.
Pulitzer Prize winner and Miami Herald columnist
Ross Stewart
Wichita junior, University Daily Kansan columnist
What is your biggest pet peeve when reading other writers' editorials?
Ideological rigidity and intellectual dissonance.
When writers don't make a point. They don't shoot for anything, so it's like they're writing just to write.
What college class unrelated to journalism did you learn the most in college?
Sociology. I learned a lot about group dynamics that I still apply to discussions of race, gender and sexual orientation.
Western Civilization courses. They make you read a lot and not many other courses concentrate on the philosophy of our time.
What's your earliest childhood memory?
Learning to read from my mom and writing stories at the kitchen table.
I remember a nightmare I had in kindergarten. I was being chased by a polar bear and animals all over my apartment.
What movie that you've seen this year has been your favorite?
The Dark Knight, maybe. Heath Ledger was amazing.
It'd be a toss up between Pineapple Express and The Dark Knight. Pineapple Express was just funny and knew it didn't need to be a social commentary about drugs.
What do you think of John McCain's vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin?
I'm not scared. I am, however, intrigued. It would still be John McCain as head of the ticket who would be taking the heat.
I just find it rude and sexist. Just trying to get all the Hillary voters. It implies women are swayed just because Palin is a woman and they don't look at the issues.
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September 11,2008