A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena for James Risen, New York Times reporter and author of State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and The Bush Administration. The order is calling for Mr. Risen to reveal his sources in the White House, the subpoena comes from where else? The White [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
The Reason Why We Need A Shield Law
Posted in journalism, tagged Bush Administration, Free press, James Risen, New York Times on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Defense of the Humanities
Posted in environment, interesting tidbits, tagged environment, Humanities, Literature, New York Times, Stanley Fish on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We cannot count on the humanities alone to create better human beings. Stanley Fish is correct on this account in the first two parts of “The Uses of the Humanities” in the New York Times: http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com. We certainly cannot expect the common reader to view the pre-lapsarian Eden and the ensuing downfall of [...]
Fashionably Late: The New York Times on Inherent Contempt
Posted in Bush Administration, DoJ, inherent contempt, tagged Bush Administration, Department of Justice, inherent contempt, New York Times on December 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We reported on Inherent Contempt in July when congress filed contempt charges against Josh Bolten and Harriet Meiers. Who refused to comply with the subpeonas issued to them on a claim of executive privledge so vast, we’re sure we are probably covered under it somewhere. The New York Times finally got around to [...]
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