Khalid W. Hassan joins the ranks of murdered journalists today. The Iraqi reporter who worked for The New York Times was gunned down as he walked to work. He had called the bureau saying he was late because a check point had blocked his usual route.
He is the second Times reporter to die in Iraq. [...]
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November 7, 2007
November 6, 2007
Bong hits 4 Jesus Case Limits Student Rights
Joseph Frederick was a senior on a mission when he set up his sign “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.” His principal didn’t like what his mission seemed to say and suspended the then 18 year old. It’s taken 5 years but Frederick took his case to the Supreme Court.
Frederick wanted to prove that his freedom of [...]
November 6, 2007
Op-Ed: Habeas Corpus Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
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What does the former Soviet Union, China, Colombia and the modern day United States have in common? It isn’t communism since the USA is a democracy. It’s illegal kidnapping, torture and hiding [...]
November 6, 2007
Filaih Wadai Mijthab Killed By Gunmen
Journalists around the world have lost another brother. Filaih Wadai Mijthab was found murdered dead in a Baghdad mortuary today. The Iraqi newspaper editor was kidnapped last week by unknown gunmen.
“His body was found in the mortuary today,” the union’s secretary Mualid Allami said. “The body was riddled with bullets.”
June has been a deadly month [...]
November 6, 2007
Book Burning
“Those that live by the pen shall die by the sword”
Some things just irk me. The number one is the banning of books.
To take away knowledge in any form is simply intolerable to me. It doesn’t matter what the content of the words are, just a “higher” power saying “nope, that’s off limits” bothers [...]
