Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, that phrase set out a central theme of the star-crossed lovers’ tragedy: Real[Read More…]
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Toni Preckwinkle for Cook County Board President
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski, Editor and Publisher, Rosemary Piser, Associate Editor, eNews Park Forest The entire Chicagoland area needs the Cook County Board to work, and the fact is, for the past several years, it hasn’t. Besides the serious ethical questions it raises, political patronage is a horribly inefficient and[Read More…]
Reader Blogs are Back at eNews Park Forest!
Dear Readers of eNews Park Forest: Our reader blogs are back! You are welcome once again to write blog entries. eNews Park Forest is not responsible for the content of any blog entries. Registration on site is required to write blog entries. In addition, you may now login to eNews[Read More…]
Why Didn’t the Democrats Embrace Marijuana Reform in Massachusetts?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010. Last night, Scott Brown (R-Mass.) beat Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy, becoming the first Republican to hold a Senate seat in Massachusetts since the 1970s. So what happened up there? To state it simply, the Democrats chose[Read More…]
Massachusetts Voters Message to Washington: It’s Time for Action
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern released the following statement after Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts. “Today is no different than yesterday or the day before or the day before that. Pat DeJong will still wake up in Libby, Montana. Pat is still mourning[Read More…]
ACLU Issues Report On Obama Administration’s Civil Liberties Record
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010. The Obama administration’s record on restoring civil liberties during its first year in office is mixed, according to a new report analyzing the administration’s performance released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. Of a set of 145 detailed recommendations the ACLU made to the new[Read More…]
When Is A Violent Song Just A Song?
Commentary First Amendment Watch By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Remember that old schoolyard chant, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”? Well, the part about “words can never hurt me” is not holding true for a growing set of would-be[Read More…]
Insider: Palin Failed to Lead on Oil and Gas Safety in Alaska
Commentary By Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed There have been several recent oil spills and other environmental problems linked to the oil/gas production industry in Alaska. On December 23, a tugboat hit the Bligh Reef, the same reef struck by the Exxon Valdez[Read More…]
Alaska’s Half-Term Governor Makes Half-Baked Debut As Fox News Contributor
Commentary By Karl Frisch This week, Sarah Palin, the half-term governor of Alaska-turned-Facebook terror analyst, joined Fox News as a contributor — the third such politician eyeing a bid for the GOP nomination in 2012 now working at the right-wing cable network. Palin’s appearances on Fox News this week are[Read More…]
Stenography 101: How the Press Let Palin And Cheney Rig the System
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Not content with its lapdog coverage of President Bush over the past decade, the Beltway press has adopted a new, super-soft way to deal with Bush’s former vice president, Dick Cheney, as well as GOP media star Sarah Palin. Journalists have set aside what had been[Read More…]
