Tag Archives: first amendment

On political optics, dangerous precedent …

On political optics, dangerous precedent, avoiding looking like a friend to child molesters, and how journalism works I was heartened to read Rep. Brian Jones’ opinion piece about the dangerous precedent set by the passing of LD 576 [Resolve to Protect Concealed Handgun Permit Information on a Temporary Basis]. He wrote: I won’t write about […]

Will Potter on his book Green is the New Red and “the new McCathyism”

Will Potter is an independent journalist whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, The Los Angeles Times, The Vermont Law Review, and The Washington Post. His book, Green is the New Red (City Lights Books) tells the story of how animal rights and environmental activists became the FBI’s “number one domestic terrorism threat.” Potter also teaches a class on […]