Freedom Fading - John W. Whitehead on SBE

Erik Guzman July 3rd, 2009

If it's not enough of a 4th of July bummer that the economy is in the toilet, join John Whitehead on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to hear about the shocking ways that the freedoms we're celebrating are going up in smoke.

(If you're on the front page of the site, click "Read More" to see player options.)

If your city canceled their 4th of July celebration because of budget cuts, here's a recipe for fireworks. Combine one part federal hate crimes law and two pa … (Read More)

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Nat Hentoff Has Never Lost His Sense of Rage

John W. Whitehead June 9th, 2009

My lives as a radical (according to the FBI): an "enslaver of women" (according to pro-choicers); a suspiciously unpredictable civil-libertarian (according to the ACLU); a dangerous defender of alleged pornography (according to my friend Catherine MacKinnon); an irrelevant, anachronistic integrationist (according to assorted black nationalists); and, as an editor at the Washington Post once said, not unkindly–"a general pain in the…"–Nat Hentoff

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Fretting about post-Tiller coverage

Terry Mattingly June 3rd, 2009

It’s getting harder and harder to read the coverage of the George Tiller murder, in large part because the Associated Press Stylebook doesn’t have separate references for “pro-life” and “anti-abortion.”

I’m not saying that this journalistic bible should contain two references. Honest. I’m just saying that — as an Eastern Orthodox pro-lifer — I am really yearning for one right now. Why is that? Let me show you, using this bite of a Washington Post report that makes me want to … (Read More)

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LAT: Is the pope Catholic?

Terry Mattingly March 30th, 2009

As the old saying goes in hurricane territory, “I think we’re in for a bit of a blow.”

It will be interesting to see how the mainstream press handles the facts in the upcoming culture warfare over President Barack Obama’s scheduled commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.

There is a real story here, of course. Rest assured that Catholics are going to split on how to handle this, because American Catholics — including some bishops, based on the evidence — are divided on h … (Read More)

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New Video…Thoughts?

Erik Guzman January 28th, 2009

When I first saw this, I was impressed. As I've thought about it, I wonder if it can do more than impress people who agree with its message (and get them to donate).

My positive reaction may have just been because it so eloquently affirms me in a position I already hold. I don't want to diminish the impact of the video, so I won't say anything more at this point. Check it out.

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