All Posts Tagged With: "Jonathan Turley"
Lobbyist Warns Of Imminent Outbreak Of Democracy
Jonathan Turley
Washington is considering a proposal to add greater transparency to government to allow the public to see material online that is largely the domain of lobbyists today. The idea is to give the public equal access to government as lobbyists, an idea that Paul Miller, past president of the American League of Lobbyists warns [...]
Parents, Watch Your Children While You Are Shopping Or Else
Jonathan Turley
Maybe this idea will make parents watch their children when they go shopping.
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Prison Officials Finally Relent to Outrage - Grant Dying Girl’s Last Request
Jonathan Turley
The federal bureau of prisons finally relented to overwhelming public condemnation over its refusal to release a father to be with his dying daughter. People were aghast at the federal prison officials refusing a dying 10-year-old girl, Jayci Yaeger, her last wish: to spend time with her dad who is serving time for a [...]
Freedom of Speech and Freedom from Knowledge:
Only One in 1000 Americans Polled Could Name the Five Freedoms of the First Amendment
Jonathan Turley
Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances
However, more than half can name at least two members of the Simpson family.
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Bush Gives In To Democrats on Nominees
84 Nominees at Risk for the Single Confirmation of Bradbury
by way of Jonathan Turley
Think Progress
Majority Leader Harry Reid has alleged that the Bush White House has offered to effectively trade off 84 nominees to the executive and judicial branches if the Senate confirms Steven Bradbury for head of the Office of Legal Counsel. It is [...]
Winston Who?
One in Four British Citizens Believe Churchill Never Existed
JONATHAN TURLEY
In an indictment of the once-unassailable British educational system, a quarter of British citizens believe that Winston Churchill was a purely fictional character. However, half believe that Eleanor Rigby, the Beattles’ creation, was a real person.
What is curious is that Churchill once said that “History is [...]
