James Rosen, irresponsible journalism and untrustworthy governance
UPDATED Cross posted from Pruning Shears. Earlier this week I had a brief and unproductive Twitter exchange with Libby Spencer over leaks, whistleblowers and journalists. It was prompted by this from...
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The Occupy movement and reclaiming the First Amendment
We seem to have happily gotten past the point of Occupy critics plaintively asking what the occupiers want and demanding that Occupy release some, well, demands. Instead the pundit class seems to have...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein, Ted Cruz and the value of principles
Cross posted from Pruning Shears. The sharp exchange between Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein at last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing produced somewhat typical partisan reactions: conservatives...
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Washington press corps catches up to 2002, discovers surveillance state
Cross posted from Pruning Shears. We’ve had three big stories this week, each showing how the right plays the scandal game better than the left. Of the three, one is a non-scandal (Benghazi), one is a...
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