Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
In a thrillingly ironic turn of events, a shorter version of this essay was originally commissioned by the opinion page of the Washington Post and then rejected because it was deemed too critical of Islam.
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Killing the Messenger: Targeting the Press in Gaza
As is with the current situation with Gaza, when Israel is performing air strikes, everyone is vulnerable -- militants, civilians, and journalists alike.
Blind Faith: The Slippery Slope To Internet Censorship
95% of British internet users have been prevented from accessing an article on Wikipedia because it contains an image -- presented in an encyclopedic manner -- of the jacket of a 1976 heavy metal album.
Freedom Banned
In Perry, Indiana, the School Board has suspended a teacher for allowing her students to read The Freedom Writers Diary. How can it be that they did not see the value of the lessons to be learned?
PG Porn Says "No" to Nudity and "Yes" to Violence Against Women
James, Sean and Brian Gunn think they've done something sexually daring - but not too sexual and not too daring - by creating what they call "PG Porn....
Huffington Post: Still Banned in Beijing
While the Chinese Communist Party has lifted the bans on the Amnesty International and BBC News sites, one site has continued to be totally blocked in Beijing: Huffingtonpost.com.
Reading The Pictures: 4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images
The military has been so effective in muting the war, and the war photographer, that many of our best shooters have found themselves turning to the technique of irony.
The Ramallah Banana Republic
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are now unable to view the website Donia al-Watan because the site has been reporting on widespread corruption among Abbas' entourage.
Parts of "60 Minutes" Broadcast Blocked in Alabama
As 60 Minutes was putting its show together, the White House put pressure on CBS to kill the show. And during the Don Siegelman portion, the screen went black.
Did Google Kill Journalism?
The death of Journalism began it was expected to begin to earn a profit -- or maybe we're witnessing the birth of Journalism.
Where Do Obama And Clinton Stand On China?
In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.
JFK, Marilyn Monroe and, uh, Sarah Palin -- The French Recollection
Pesky foreigners like Forestier probably think Sarah Palin was manufactured in a lab -- or pulled out of a hat -- in order to pander to specific demographics.
The Worldwide Danger of Religious Fundamentalism
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a defamation of religion resolution that threatens to undermine the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
Pediatricians, ABC and Censorship: Facts Are Scarier Than Fiction
Even if America's pediatricians manage to successfully censor fiction and crush artistic freedom, they will never be able to stifle the facts about autism.
The Art Offends
My two installations, "The Assassination of Barack Obama" and "The Assassination of Hillary Clinton" made headlines when law officials detained me over the use of the word "assassination."
The "P" Word Is All Too Much for Sports Fans
But I'm sure you're asking yourself, why is she telling me this? Here's my angle, other than the fact that I was forced, forced I tell you, to look at the crotch shot to write this piece.
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