Tag Archives: freedom of speech

WikiLeaks matters

Posted on December 16, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’m not completely comfortable with the mass dispersion of documents undertaken by WikiLeaks and the site’s creator, Julian Assange. How would I react if someone hacked into my blog or e-mail, ripped off my private ruminations and … Continue reading →

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Bullies of the newsroom

Posted on September 21, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Normally, I don’t reply to comments people post on my blog. But now and then one of these letters-to-JOTR is just too obnoxious, too disingenuous to let pass. So it is with a reader’s response to my … Continue reading →

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Off guard and then some

Posted on December 14, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell If somebody offered me a fifth of my favorite single-malt Scotch, I’d take it. But I hope I never have to take the fifth the way ace Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter took it on December … Continue reading →

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