I am Kyle's self-indulgence

I agree with most of Michael Moore's opinions, and I think he makes some great arguments in support of them. I even enjoy his movies, even though he relies a little too heavily on his outrageous publicity stunts. I think he's played an important role in calling attention to problems with the Iraq war and the American health care system.

But it's still painful to watch him in interviews like this. Wolf Blitzer and his colleagues at CNN probably deserves to get told off a little bit, but after about two minutes of Moore's ranting I just wanted him to shut up. If he would just calm down and talk reasonably about the health care system I think he would win a lot more people over to his point of view.

Fortunately there are other places to go for a rational perspective. Like Fresh Air, for example. For yesterday's show Terry Gross interviewed a professor who has spent twenty years researching health care systems in the US and around the world. Naturally he has some great insights into the current state of American health care. Whatever your opinion on universal or private health care, you must listen to it.

While you're at it, you might as well subscribe to their podcast, because Fresh Air is simply the best serious interview show on radio or television.