I watched the movie, Kill the Messenger, recently. It’s the story of Gary Webb, an investigative journalist who wrote a series of stories in 1996 about the connections between the CIA and the Nicaraguan contras. The CIA denied his allegations and his story created a firestorm of criticism of both the government and the media, according to Don Wycliff of The Chicago Tribune. Wy … [Read more...] about Kill the Messenger
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Measles Reality Check
All parents want to protect their children from suffering, and yet they do so differently. Despite this inevitability, some commentators have used the current measles epidemic as an opportunity to attack those parents who exercise freedom of conscience and freedom of religion and have done so in an especially strident and sensational way. Writing in Forbes, Dan Diamond … [Read more...] about Measles Reality Check
I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr's legendary speech, "I Have a Dream," August 28, 1963. … [Read more...] about I Have a Dream Speech