The following op-ed, published on January 11, 2010 in The New York Post, was written by former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom. Kallstrom, who is currently a member of the FBI Director’s Advisory Group, was also director of the New York Homeland Security Agency. Ever since 9/11, critics have suggested[Read More…]

Joliet, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2010. Ask anyone who follows the news whether they worry about Asian carp finding their way into our Great Lakes, and more often than not they’ll say yes. But ask them whether, in an unproven strategy to block the carp, we should destroy businesses and jobs by[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director When and where do we draw the line on free speech? That’s “we” as in you and I, and our fellow citizens — and the “where” increasingly involves the Internet. The First Amendment generally prevents our[Read More…]

Commentary By Karl Frisch Vote for Media Matters in the Shorty Awards Media Matters has been nominated as the top nonprofit in the Shorty Awards honoring the best producers of short, real-time content on Twitter. Be sure to cast your vote by clicking here, and let your friends know why[Read More…]

Commentary By Jamison Foser Reading Mark Halperin’s assessment of Barack Obama’s first year in office, one thing is immediately clear: The silliness of his criteria is matched only by his inability to properly apply them. The problem isn’t just that Halperin assesses Obama’s attainment of Halperin’s remarkably shallow goals; it’s[Read More…]

Commentary By Simon Maloy Religion is … tough. The collected spiritual teachings of the world’s various deities, messiahs, prophets, monks, yogis, gurus, and shamans are so deeply ingrained in human culture and consciousness that they essentially tell the history of mankind. Their cosmological and philosophical differences have proved to be[Read More…]

Commentary By Karl Frisch It’s that time of year again. Some have vowed to hit the gym more often. Others are swearing off cigarettes. For some, coffee has been replaced with copious amounts of socialist green tea. Still others are signing up for community service projects to help improve the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2010.  The Obama administration announced Sunday it will subject the citizens of 14 nations who are flying to the United States to intensified screening at airports, including being subjected to full-body pat downs or body scanners. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the government should adhere[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Good riddance to the aughts, naughts or ohs. By whatever name, the first decade of the 21st century has been devastating for religious liberty in much of the world. The statistics are numbing. According to a[Read More…]

Commentary By John A. Ostenburg When you’re the mayor of a small town in a state that has produced two of the giants of American politics, your stature as a voice to be heard on matters of governance suffers from an innate and justified questioning of its authenticity. I grew[Read More…]