[F]reedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that "Oh, I don't get involved in politics," as if that makes you somehow cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

a network news editor and radio announcer. Maher was raised in River Vale New Jersey and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale in 1974. S.

Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC. In 2005 Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time.