Just in case you were wondering, yes, John McLaughlin is still alive and still on the air, and yes, Pat Buchanan is still a regular on PBS's The McLaughlin Group.

Why dear Lord, why?

I guess PBS doesn't think their audience can make it through the holidays without hearing how old Uncle Pat just loves the Russian President Vladimir Putin and French, far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen.

Birds of a feather. Too bad one of them is still allowed to pollute our airways every weekend.