Iran’s judiciary has sealed off the offices of a popular news Web site critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies after journalists continued to update it despite official filtering, the Web site said. The site, when accessed via a link outside Iran, indicated it was last updated on Sept. 23.
In addition, two prominent pro-reform newspapers, […]
Repeated grenade bombings have forced the Mexican daily newspaper Cambio Sonora to close. The newspaper is based in Hermosillo, 165 miles south of Nogales, Ariz.
Following editorials critical of narcotic trafficers, the paper was bombed on April 17 and again on May 16.
Free flow of information is required to establish the trust relationships necessary […]
Virginia Tech officials claim that federal privacy statutes prevent them from releasing the medical records of the campus shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, to the Governor’s panel investigating the murder of 32 students.
The Open Records Project has argued since its inception that federal privacy statutes and the Supreme Court rulings that preceeded them are not only not […]
The Department of Defense has banned soldiers serving overseas from accessing YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi, the social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5, music sites Pandora, MTV, 1.fm, and live365, and the photo-sharing site Photobucket.
The ostensible reasons given for the ban are excessive bandwidth consumption, compromed security, and reduced productivity.
One might draw comparisions […]
I seriously doubt that the friends and families of those killed in violent attacks would believe that any of the following objections would hold water in light of their losses. Only those with no personal experience in a similar situation would genuinely believe such “Pollyanish” ideals could be real solutions in saving lives.
10. We […]
Rather than waiting for SWAT and the other paramilitary representatives to show up after the carnage is over, Americans need to re-learn and practice the self-reliance that made this nation great.
It looks like your buddy, Jim Schutz, already took his first shot.
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From: Friends and Alumni of Virginia Tech
Release Date: April 26, 2007
Event Date: 10:00 AM, Saturday, May 5
Where: Blacksburg Recreation Center, 725 Patrick Henry Dr., Blacksburg, VA.
Subject: Safety Options for Education
“Duck […]
Europe’s citizens must be on their guard against political correctness and moralising politicians, says the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.
The former Portuguese premier and centre-Right politician is concerned that freedom can be the loser in European culture wars over climate change, cheap air travel, Islam and free […]
On the anniversary of the Rodney King beating video, France has banned citizens or unregistered journalists from posting video on the Internet. The penalty for violating the statute is up to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
Some have argued that the law is in response to the nightly burning of French automobiles […]
This story affects both the effectiveness of anti-terrorism efforts and government financial impropriety. The Open Records Project has always argued that financial transparency of organizations tends to encourage effectiveness and discourage corruption.
We published every check written by the Dallas Independent School District in 1998. The publication coincided with the firing of […]