Monday, January 10, 2011

Curbing Free Speech Not the Answer to Political Violence

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The knee-jerk reaction, primarily on the left side of the political spectrum, to the tragic shootings in Arizona over the weekend was predic...
Friday, January 7, 2011

A Forgotten Ally Dies

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Few, if any Americans today know who Vang Pao was. That is a shame, because America probably had no greater ally during the Vietnam War than...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

U.S. Falling in the Global Index of Economic Freedom

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During my 20-year tenure as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, I spent a lot of my time reporting on the economic conditions o...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

WikiLeaks and Journalism

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At first glance one might think that journalists should be thankful that something like the 4 year-old WikiLeaks media organization exists. ...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Old Media vs. New Media

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The other day I was listening to an NPR show called Talk of the Nation during which several current issues in journalism were broached. Amon...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The Blurring of News and Opinion

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Those of us who have been in the news business for more than a few years (for me it's more than 30 years) have learned a hard truth in t...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Juan Williams, Political Correctness and Muslims

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I have given my last donation of any kind to NPR and PBS after learning today that Juan Williams was fired for making what can only be calle...
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