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    May 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Federal judge blocks National Defense Authorization Act provision

    In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge <a href=&quot;https://www.stopndaa.org/aboutLawsuit.php#decision">ruled</a> Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued an injunction against use of the provision on behalf of a group of journalists and activists who had filed suit in March, claiming it would chill free speech.
    In a stunning turnaround for an act of Congress, a judge ruled Wednesday that a counterterrorism provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense appropriations bill, is unconstitutional. Federal district Judge Katherine B. Forrest...

    Tags: National Security, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Laws, Politics, Lawyers

  2. Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Activists sue Obama, others over National Defense Authorization Act

    A coalition of well-known journalists, activists and civil libertarians have sued President Obama, Atty. Gen. <a class=&quot;runtimeTopic" href="#" data-topic-id="PEPLT000001873">Eric H. Holder Jr.</a>, Defense Secretary <a class="runtimeTopic" href="#" data-topic-id="PEPLT00008422">Leon E. Panetta</a> and other members of the U.S. government&nbsp; to push them to remove or rewrite this year&rsquo;s defense appropriations bill, saying it chills speech by threatening constitutionally protected activities such as news reporting, protest and political organizing in defense of controversial causes such as the Wikileaks case.
    A coalition of well-known journalists, activists and civil libertarians have sued President Obama, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and other members of the U.S. government  to push them to remove or rewrite this year&...

    Tags: National Security, Politics, Laws, Entertainment Events, Science and Technology

  4. Dec 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist

    Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was 62.
    Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...

    Tags: Chemotherapy, Michael Chertoff, Literature, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief

  6. Mar 17, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  7. NPR needs a backbone

    Oh, NPR, won't you please state your game? Are you liberal? Are you neutral? Are your employees secret socialists? Do their screensavers feature slideshows of Noam Chomsky? Do your office Christmas parties serve only free-range eggnog? Do your parking lots offer preferred spaces for vehicles with &quot;Free Tibet" bumper stickers?"
    Oh, NPR, won't you please state your game? Are you liberal? Are you neutral? Are your employees secret socialists? Do their screensavers feature slideshows of Noam Chomsky? Do your office Christmas parties serve only free-range eggnog? Do your parking...

    Tags: Management Change, Republican Party, Vivian Schiller, Politics, NPR

  8. May 22, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Summer reading: History

    <b>Absolute Monarchs</b>
    Absolute Monarchs A History of the Papacy John Julius Norwich Random House: $30 The respected historian of the Byzantine Empire and Venice now turns to one of the oldest institutions on Earth and those who have worn the mitred hat during its 2,000-...

    Tags: Crimes, War Crimes, Terrorism, Edward Ruscha, University of Chicago

  10. Jan 22, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. At Sundance, a science documentary revives language questions

    Among the offerings at this year's Sundance Film Festival is a documentary about a trailblazing chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky who played a key role in the scientific debate over what it means to be human.
    Among the offerings at this year's Sundance Film Festival is a documentary about a trailblazing chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky who played a key role in the scientific debate over what it means to be human. The James Marsh film, "Project Nim," explores the...

    Tags: Education, Breastfeeding, Documentary (genre), Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists

  12. Sep 28, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  13. 'Gossip Girl' recap: The great frenemy fake-out

    Show Tracker
    Can I get a "hallelujah," fans? As of this week's episode, "Gossip Girl" has finally dug itself out of last season's rut. The Upper East Side gang is back together, including the criminally under-utilized Eric, making his first appearance of......
  14. Jan 30, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  15. EGYPT: American professors urge Obama to 'seize this chance,' oust Mubarak

    Babylon & Beyond
    More than 80 American academics, including Noam Chomsky and several California scholars, posted an open letter online Sunday to President Obama, urging him to heed the will of the Egyptian people, help remove President Hosni Mubarak and "move beyond...
  16. Mar 15, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Is anti-Zionism hate?

    In January, at a symposium at UCLA (choreographed by the Center for Near East Studies), four longtime Israel bashers were invited to analyze the human rights conditions in Gaza, and used the stage to attack the legitimacy of Zionism and its vision of a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians.
    In January, at a symposium at UCLA (choreographed by the Center for Near East Studies), four longtime Israel bashers were invited to analyze the human rights conditions in Gaza, and used the stage to attack the legitimacy of Zionism and its vision of a...

    Tags: Education, Politics, Judaism, Gaza Crisis (2008), Unrest, Conflicts and War

  18. Mar 1, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. New in paperback: Richard Yates, Denis Johnson, Charles Baxter and more

    Barry Day (ed): "The Letters of Noel Coward" (Vintage) "The human race is a let down. It thinks it's progressed but it hasn't. It thinks it's risen above the primeval slime but it hasn't -- it's still wallowing in it!," says Gilda in Noel Coward's...

    Tags: Death, Revolutionary Road (movie), Noel Coward, Walter Benjamin, Samuel Beckett

  20. Jan 24, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. 'A Lethal Obsession' by Robert Wistrich

    A Lethal Obsession
    A Lethal Obsession Anti-Semitism From Antiquity to the Global Jihad Robert S. Wistrich Random House: 1,188 pp., $40 A heartbreaking irony suffuses "A Lethal Obsession" by Robert S. Wistrich, a history of anti-Semitism by a historian who has devoted...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Massacres, Judaism, Jerusalem (Israel), Jimmy Carter

  22. Sep 17, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  23. Israel gets a punch in the schnoz from Toronto Film Fest protesters

    The Big Picture
    Whether you're a film festival director, a college president or a secretary of state, you know that you've landed in Media Hell when Noam Chomsky, Jane Fonda and Harry Belafonte start signing open letters complaining about your policies. Artists and......
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