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Gene Policinski
Opinion
Journalists are natural fit as debate moderators | GUEST VIEWPOINT
Should journalists and news organizations participate in, even sponsor, political debates?
February 2, 2012
Opinion
These days it’s harder to identify who is a journalist | GUEST VIEWPOINT
Journalists used to be easy to identify, in life, in the law – heck, even in the movies.
December 27, 2011
Opinion
‘Occupy’ protests, tea party rallies: assembly, petition in action | GUEST VIEWPOINT
The “Occupy Wall Street” movement and its rapidly spreading urban echoes are – like the Tea Party movement…
October 14, 2011
Opinion
Constitution Day: An education for life | GUEST VIEWPOINT
The national observance of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 was emotional, overwhelming and likely to overshadow most other…
September 16, 2011
Opinion
Websites that rate services raise free-speech questions | GUEST VIEWPOINT
Freedom of speech might logically seem to apply the same way whether the speech takes place on the…
May 26, 2011
Opinion
Take time out to celebrate World Press Freedom Day | GUEST VIEWPOINT
Thanks to the First Amendment, I’m free to write these words — and you’re free to read them.…
April 28, 2011
Opinion
Offensive views need airing so they can be better rebutted | GUEST VIEWPOINT
By now there likely are few Americans who don’t recognize the names of a tiny Topeka, Kan., church…
March 31, 2011
Opinion
Government is clearly still not transparent enough | GUEST VIEWPOINT
The national picture for Freedom of Information laws, celebrated during national Sunshine Week (March 13-19), is bit brighter…
March 17, 2011
Opinion
First Amendment also protects harsh critics of funeral protests | GUEST VIEWPOINT
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Westboro Baptist Church free-speech decision, many online comments critical of the 8-1 ruling…
March 3, 2011
Opinion
GUEST VIEWPOINT | When you petition the government, should your name be secret?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”…
January 21, 2010