1.  Referring to the debate over issues including global warming, gay marriage and late-term abortion, Mr. Krauthammer writes in para. 2-3, "the Left is...no longer trying to win the debate but stopping debate altogether, banishing from public discourse any and all opposition.  The proper word for that attitude is totalitarian. It declares certain controversies over and visits serious consequences - from social ostracism to vocational defenestration - upon those who refuse to be silenced."
a)  Do you agree with this assertion?
b)  Ask a parent the same question.

2.  a) What does Mr. Krauthammer suggest as a solution to the problem he illustrates in his commentary?
b)  Do you agree with his suggestion?  Explain your answer.