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Nuremberg Files anti-abortion site: Free speech or hit list?
Ombudsman Where does free speech stop and a hit list begin?  01.19.99

Must a civil society be a censored society?
Ombudsman More than one year has passed, and we have yet to shake the image of Matthew Shepard pistol-whipped and strung up to die on a Wyoming rail fence because he was gay.  01.17.99

The 'it's out there' beat: This time, restraint defeats rumor
Ombudsman The good news is that the American mainstream press thus far has shown admirable restraint in not making public the latest, apparently unfounded, rumor about alleged pre-presidential sex-capades  01.11.99

Libel: Subtle censor of the press
Ombudsman Two federal appeals courts went their separate ways in recent high-profile libel cases, proving once again that what the legal world considers settled law is anything but that to the press and the public.  01.04.99

Journalism educators need to get passionate about First Amendment freedoms and responsibilities — on-campus and off
Ombudsman Journalism educators are the ones who mold the minds and create the credentials of the journalists who determine what we read in our newspapers and view and hear in our newscasts.  12.28.98

Press at its best — or just documenting dirt?
Ombudsman Porn publisher Larry Flynt finally got fed up with the mainstream press horning in on his franchise.  12.21.98

Few will note 207th birthday of our five fundamental freedoms, even though each is under attack
Ombudsman A precious few will take note of today's 207th birthday of the First Amendment.  12.15.98

Fight over free press at Univ. of Rhode Island puts a lot on the line
Ombudsman More than two decades ago, the student newspaper on the campus of the University of Rhode Island suffered an identity crisis and wound up changing its name from The Beacon to The Good 5 Cent Cigar.  12.14.98

Tough times at 'Free Speech High:' School administrators teaching dismalFirst Amendment lessons
Ombudsman For just a taste of the dismal state of free expression for the nation's young people, consider last week's story of the Phoenix high school student who tried to publish his own newspaper and wound up in the headlines himself.  12.07.98

Reducing free speech's Net worth
Ombudsman The Commonwealth of Virginia seems to be awash in Internet ironies right now.  12.01.98

Media's prime-time crime spree hides real statistics — violence in U.S. is down
Ombudsman Violent crime declined for the sixth year in a row and now is at its lowest rate since 1987, according to a report released this weekend by the Justice Department. Big news story, right? Well, not quite.  11.23.98

Censorship: It's in our genes
Ombudsman The human being arrived in this world with three basic instincts: the urge to hunt and gather food, the urge to procreate, and the urge to censor.  11.16.98

Sooner or later, Hollywood offends us all
Ombudsman "The Siege" opened this weekend under siege from Arab-Americans offended by the movie's characterization of their religion and culture. Groups planned to picket and distribute leaflets at a number of theaters.  11.09.98

Citizens get short shrift from officials on public information
Ombudsman After the votes are counted in precincts across the nation tomorrow, the pundits and politicians will no doubt decry poor voter turnout and blame it on poor citizenship.  11.02.98

Books and movies as natural born killers
Ombudsman There are no limits to the limits on free expression if publishers, broadcasters and the producers can be held responsible for crimes of those who try to avoid responsibility by saying a book, movie or music made me do it.  10.26.98

Shackling the world's press with good intentions
Ombudsman Press councils, universal ethics codes sound good but just provide excuses to restrict media at a time when we need more press freedom, not less.  10.19.98

Waving the flag vs. saving free speech
Ombudsman Little-noticed constitutional crisis gone for now - but will return.  10.12.98

High crimes and misdemeanors in the press
Ombudsman Some journalists covering the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal are unindicted co-conspirators in the impeachment of their own credibility.  10.05.98

Book-burning mentality sears society's soul
Ombudsman In the movie "City of Angels," the angels' home away from heaven is not a church or sanctuary but a library.  09.28.98

When privacy is paramount, is democracy in danger?
Ombudsman This morning, we endured the breach of yet another barrier to the private and confidential as various media began streaming to us four hours of unedited and unexamined grand jury testimony by President Clinton.  09.21.98

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