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...issues at stake are critical. "We contribute as members of the press to holding the government accountable for its actions," says Latraverse. "Canadians should be worried when they see the government trying to exert such an unprecedented level of control." Unions that represent journalists have spoken in even harsher terms. Peter Murdoch of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union says the new policy "smacks of totalitarianism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Controlling The Message | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...rallies supporters to back a more confrontational stance with the West, Ahmadinejad has soothed the anxieties of young Iranians, who initially feared he would crush their personal freedoms. Instead government meddling has been limited to blocking thousands of news and cultural websites. Some believe the regime will impose harsher social restrictions with time, but others argue Ahmadinejad will refrain altogether, to avoid alienating the majority of young people, among whom he is now popular. Young Iranians are excited to find a leader who lets them wear baggy jeans and pink veils, and still stands up to what they consider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Love a Hard-Liner | 3/27/2006 | See Source »

...small child. Judge Edward Cashman sentenced a man who raped a young girl for four years to a measly 60 days in prison. According to O’Reilly, the judge doesn’t believe in punishing sex offenders, perfect evidence for the pressing need for harsher mandatory minimum sentences to keep liberal judges like Cashman in line. What better proof could one want of arrogant liberal judges completely distorting the law to suit their own ideology, right? It’s almost too horrifying to be true—and it isn?...

Author: By Samuel M. Simon | Title: Death by Anecdote | 2/16/2006 | See Source »

...What I find most disturbing about the whole episode is its effect on the political climate in Vermont. The case, and O’Reilly’s story, has given a boost to Republicans in the state legislature who want to require judges to give harsher sentences to criminals. Ironically, the Vermont assemblymen couldn’t have asked for a better illustration of why mandatory minimums are such a despicably bad idea...

Author: By Samuel M. Simon | Title: Death by Anecdote | 2/16/2006 | See Source »

Reminders of the harsher realities were perceptible, however. The Olympics are about the pride of the host country, but the Games also bring in worldly and cruel anxieties. Danish athletes reportedly received special protection because of the global swirl of threats surrounding the publication of cartoons inimical to the Prophet Muhammad. Everywhere in Torino and around the stadium, soldiers and police were visible. And until the disco music drowned them out, helicopters whirred loudly over the proceedings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Upon A Winter's Night... | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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