Public dissent may be new, but issues are old
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Soldiers often complain, but usually not in public, on TV, to the secretary of Defense. By Patrick Baz, AFP. That changed Wednesday, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
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By TOM GALLAGHER  For the record, I will insist that formal discussions about allegations made against me by Mayor Lionel Rivera occur in public and be open to public participation. The issues bear on matters of ethics and values of your elected officials; the people have a right to know.
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Comment is free: Five years ago, the biggest political protest in our history served to explode the myth  of public apathy
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It is a peculiar feature of contemporary American political discourse that so many analysts and opinion-makers believe that the "international community" must come to a kind of broad consensus to solve our ...
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Perhaps perspective can be gained from the case of another controversial historical figure.
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INDIANAPOLlS - Imagine being an employee who must sit in a chair while, a few feet over either shoulder, crowds of observers loudly register their opinions, mostly negative and sometimes grossly profane.
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Americans are boldly speaking their minds, even when others would prefer they didn't.
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A growing number of advocacy groups are blurring the distinction between legitimate media and propaganda to promote their causes.
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WEIGHING OPTIONS: Politicians and pundits disagree over whether President Bush should pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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It's not every day that pro-American sentiments are uttered with a French accent.
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Academic freedom has never completely protected professors who make unpopular statements. One was fired in 1960 for suggesting that premarital sex among students could be a good thing. Three decades later, a department chair was demoted for saying a Jewish conspiracy denigrated blacks in the movies. Now experts say the Sept. 11 attacks have put new fire in the battle over just where academic freedom ends and misconduct &#151; or even treason &#151; begins.
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Some say strict measures endanger ecosystems, but others say those concerns are excuses for pro-immigrant sentiment
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It is axiomatic of presidential politics that while many people are concerned about the future of the Supreme Court, the issue mainly influences narrow groups of voters at either
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By Tom Henry, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 15--A public right-to-know law that Americans have used since 1984 to track neighborhood pollutants has overwhelming support from the public at large, yet the Bush Administration wants to weaken it, a national watchdog group said yesterday.
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And recent history repeats itself.
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Corporate detractors, persistent critics of a company or product who mount their own public relations offensive, have gotten the attention of marketers.
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The prospect of a change in the White House tends to draw a strong reaction, pro or con.