Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Editor and Publisher Recently, the Southtown Star ran an anonymous "Speak Out" piece that claimed that officials in the Village of Park Forest are treated to a meal before every meeting at taxpayer expense. Specifically, the writer claimed, "They pay over $600 before every meeting for[Read More…]
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President Obama Issues Orders To Reduce Government Secrecy
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 30 – President Obama Tuesday night issued an executive order and an accompanying presidential memorandum directing executive agencies to make more information public when possible and eliminate unnecessary government secrecy. The following can be attributed to Michael German, American Civil Liberties Union National Security Policy Counsel and former[Read More…]
In Aftermath Of Attempted Attack, ACLU Advocates Effective Security That Respects Privacy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 30 – In the aftermath of the attempted terrorist attack on a Northwest plane on Christmas Day, there has been controversy over what kind of security measures, such as body scanners and watch lists, are advisable. The American Civil Liberties Union calls for the implementation of effective security policies[Read More…]
A Few Ironies Beset Our First Freedoms In 2009
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center The five freedoms in the 45 words of the First Amendment are simple enough to list: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. But in 2009 Americans once again found some unique, conflicting and at times ironic ways to interpret[Read More…]
The Conservative Media Don’t Believe Their Own Attacks
Commentary By Jamison Foser The best single reason to permanently ignore the rantings of the right-wing media is not that their attacks are often easily disproven. Don’t get me wrong: That’s a good reason. But the best reason is that it is clear the conservative echo chamber often doesn’t believe[Read More…]
Auld Lang Syne: Farewell to Another Decade of ‘Liberal Media Bias’
Commentary by Eric Boehlert It might seem futile to try to select just two quotes from the previous decade and single them out as bookends to illustrate how the political press so often malfunctioned over the last 10 years. But if pressed, I know which duo I’d nominate in hopes[Read More…]
Glenn Beck: Media Matters’ 2009 Misinformer of the Year
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Glenn Beck’s well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States — and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos — uncorked the former Morning Zoo shock jock’s unique brand of[Read More…]
Obama Will Win: Why and How His Critics from the Left and Right Will be Proven Wrong
Commentary By Frank Schaeffer From The Brad Blog: Before he’d served even one year President Obama lost the support of the easily distracted Left and engendered the white hot rage of the hate-filled Right. But some of us, from all walks of life and ideological backgrounds — including this white, straight, 57-year-old,[Read More…]
SEIU President Vows to Fight to Improve Health Reform Bill, Calls Out GOP for ‘Rooting for America to Fail’
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2009. Statement of Andy Stern, president of the 2.2 million member Service Employees International Union, the largest healthcare union in the country: “Tonight, sixty Senators voted to bring the American people one step closer to reforming our health insurance system. “While the process to get to sixty[Read More…]
Threats To Religious Liberty In 2009, Mountains And Molehills
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar A very bad year for religious liberty got worse earlier this month when the Russian Supreme Court upheld a regional court ruling prohibiting Jehovah’s Witnesses from gathering to worship and banning their publications as “extremist” literature.[Read More…]
