So what if the first and most far-reaching guarantee in the Bill of Rights is a prohibition against government curtailment of free speech? On the airwaves starting 40 years ago, the Republicans discovered how to evade it — even while they were aware, in addition to the Constitutional guarantee, that federal law holds that […]
Mitchell Kaidy
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Our fear of aliens
President George Bush’s sweeping order to screen thousands of Middle Easterners suspected of espionage and other crimes is not the first time this country has been gripped by anti-alien fever. (The Nisei who were interned during World War 11 were different. These were largely American-born or naturalized citizens who remained in this country.) […]
