The Longview School District received a helpful hand from the US Department of Education in a teacher sexual misconduct case.
The DOE ruled that Longview could claim a privacy right under FERPA (The Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act). The case revolves around the allegations that JV volleyball coach, Eric Talley, groped a female student […]
Some argue that individual votes should be public for all to see. Others argue that making the votes public exposes the voters to intimidation or even physical harm.
Related issues are whether legislators’ votes should be public combined with publicizing legislators’ contributors. The thinking is that legislators would not want to appear to be […]
Two dozen countries block or limit Internet access. Middle East Muslim countries appear to be overrepresented.
The Internet is one of the great productivity enhancers of the last 100 years, on a level with the light bulb and the automobile. Limiting the Internet would not appear to be a step toward positive economic growth.
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A German court convicted holocaust denier and anti-semite, Ernst Zundel, of 14 counts of incitement of racial hatred and sentenced him to five years in prison.
The First Amendment of The United States Constitution would have protected Mr. Zundel in America. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free […]
The Chinese government has enhanced their national firewall in order to “purify” the information that reaches its citizens.
China and India are growing at the stupendous rate of 8% per year. India has thrown off its socialist past. Can China do the same and maintain the rapid growth, or will the old habits which […]
Virginia gun owners are upset that their names have been made public by a newspaper. They argue that publication of the names makes them targets for burglaries.
A possible solution is publish names of those who have passed gun certification classes. Therefore criminals would have no certain knowledge where they might be able to […]
Patient advocates are interested in slashing the more than 2 million cases of hospital-acquired infections in the U.S. yearly and the 100,000 deaths they cause.
Making hospital infection rates public allows patients to chose safer hospitals. The loss of patients and the associated funds should encourage dangerous facilities to clean up their act.
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Another illegal alien with multiple convictions kills more citizens.
Should the names and photos of arrested illegal aliens be made public on the Internet? Should the dispositions of jailed illegals be made public?
The question is similar to making the identity of individuals infected with HIV/AIDS public. What rights do citizens have to […]
The Ohio legislature is close to passing a bill requiring convicted sex offenders to use flourescent green license plates. The Governor has indicated he would sign the bill.
Opponents argue that offenders have paid their debt to society and should be free from further embarrassment or potential vigilante justice. This same argument was made […]
A Turkish court has ordered the popular video sharing site YouTube blocked. A video on the site makes fun of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Censorship is always subjective. The Open Records Project argues that a society is made stronger by competing views no matter how noxious. For every Martin […]