Word: censorable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those who want to censor pornography forget that if it were not for women, there would be precious little of it around. Feminists should picket the women who pose for the photographs and films, not the shops that sell the material...
...only conclude that his real interest is in censorship for its own sake--or, rather, in the expectation that he will be one of the censors. Nor does he hesitate to exercise the office of censor before he has ever been nominated, castigating Prof. Womack for "speaking less than objectively." Is such a remark consistent with a call for the free "interplay of ideas"? It seems not, for in order to pronounce this condemnation Mr. Lagon must believe that his own political views are in some sense "objective." But if he thinks he already knows the objective truth, what interest...
Congress understands perhaps all too well the implications of the administrations proposed plan for monitoring the activities of government officials with security clearances Beyond the sheer numbers the unrestricted permitting threatens individual privacy and First Amendment rights By permitting one Administration to censor the writings of previous Administration officials the censorship rule--covering nearly 113,000 workers in the highest levels of government--would effectively curtail informed criticism...
...President Reagan, were paramount objectives of American intervention. Consequently, Grenada Governor-General Paul Scoon's proclamation last Thursday to enact sweeping restrictions on personal and press freedoms surprised the Administration. Citing a 1968 "state of emergency" law, Scoon banned public meetings, allowed searches without warrant, and established measures to censor the press. Moreover, American troops have rounded up over a thousand Grenadian civilians suspected of sympathizing with slain Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. These detained Grenadians, questioned on their anti-Western beliefs and political activities, are kept in isolation cells under heavy guard. Relying on local denunciations and lists of former...
...opportunity to steer between the wishful thinking of the doves and the vengeful daydreams of the hawks, to introduce more realism into American foreign policy. In fact, he has shown signs of doing precisely that in recent months. The crude attempt by bureaucrats in and out of uniform to censor reality, to manage not only news but history, undermines that realistic trend. It also undercuts the trust the country still has in Reagan himself...