National Review fires Ann Coulter
The conservative magazine says goodbye to the controversial columnist over her piece calling for converting terrorists to Christianity.
By Anthony York
Oct. 2, 2001 -- Two weeks after penning a column calling for the United States to respond to terrorists by "invad[ing] their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity," the conservative commentator has been fired by National Review Online.
NRO's decision came after editors refused to run a follow-up piece in which Coulter singled out what she called "swarthy males." She promptly began criticizing National Review editors as "girly-boys."
[Full text: http://www.salon.com/politics/red/2001/10/02/blue/index_np.html]
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