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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?

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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.

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‘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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.”…