by Gil Friend | Jan 14, 2003 | Politics
Free speech? No thanks — We’re a university. [New York Times:] In an unusual showdown over freedom of expression, university officials have refused to allow a fund-raising appeal for the Emma Goldman Papers Project to be mailed because it quoted Goldman on...
by Gil Friend | Jan 10, 2003 | Politics
Lowering Taxis is Hazardous.. All this talk by President Bush of lowering taxis is bad news. We should fight this. It is dangerous. Lowered taxis means worse visibility by taxi drivers. It makes it harder for other drivers to see taxis too. It is a local matter. The...
by Gil Friend | Jan 9, 2003 | Politics
Good news [MoveOn]: It is often difficult to watch the news without developing a sense of hopelessness. The past year in particular has been filled with bad news, as we have been constantly inundated with threats of war, information about humanitarian crises, and of...
by Gil Friend | Jan 8, 2003 | Politics
All News Media Inc.. Without much notice, the federal government is moving toward the most sweeping change ever in the rules that govern ownership of the American news media. By Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel. [New York Times: Opinion] Having seen how totalitarian...
by Gil Friend | Jan 8, 2003 | Politics
An Irrelevant Proposal. Krugman: Ideology aside, will these guys ever decide that their job includes solving problems, not just using them? [New York Times: Opinion]
by Gil Friend | Dec 30, 2002 | Politics
Remembering the Permanent Opposition of H. L. Mencken. Every generation needs an observer as critical of the provinciality and double standards of the moment as Mencken was of those in his own time. By Verlyn Klinkenborg. [New York Times: Opinion] Best line in the...
