Author lays out free speech strategies

A protester holds a copy of the Bible outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington June 15. The court June 18, 2015, ruled that a town in Arizona violated a local church's free speech rights by preventing it from posting signs notifying the public of its worship services. FREE SPEECH: TEN PRINCIPLES FOR A CONNECTED WORLD By Timothy Garton Ash Published by Yale University Press, 504 pages, $30 Timothy Garton Ash, an Oxford professor and director of freespeechdebate.com , presents a tall order in Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World .

Trump inaugural puts artists in quandary

Several months ago, before the presidential election, San Francisco poet and author Dean Rader found himself engaged in a philosophical debate with some of his fellow poets: If Donald Trump were to win the presidency, and if he asked one of them to compose a poem to be read at the inauguration, would they do it? On the one hand, none of them supported Trump for the presidency. Rader didn't know many politically conservative poets, in general, and his friends found the prospect of Trump's election to be "terrifying" and offensive.

Is Van Jones another conflict of interest headache for CNN?

Hillary Rodham Clinton Is Van Jones another conflict of interest headache for CNN? The Hill's 12:30 Report Judge refuses to end Wisconsin recount: report MORE campaign, appears to have a new conflict of interest issue on its hands - this time, with the network's hottest commodity, Van Jones. Jones is "hot" in that he was just given a prime-time, post-election special to host "The Messy Truth" that did relatively well from a ratings perspective.

Editor: Breitbart plans to be ‘best place for news on Trump’

That scares its critics, which consider Breitbart News the home of cheerleaders rather than journalists - and often offensive ones at that. Despite the opponents, Breitbart is unquestionably on a high following the surprise election of Trump, whose candidacy the web site unceasingly backed both before and after its leader, Stephen K. Bannon, was brought in to run the general election campaign.

Narendra Modi to beat Barack Obama to become worlda s most followed…

New Delhi, Aug 6: No doubt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular Indian political leader on social media. With 21.7 million followers on Twitter and 35.2 million on Facebook, Narendra Modi is the only Indian politician to have such a massive social media outreach.

New demands threaten peace pact with Afghan militant group

A Connecticut judge is set to hear arguments on whether to dismiss a lawsuit against the maker of the semiautomatic rifle used to kill 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. A judge will hear arguments on whether to dismiss a lawsuit against the maker of the semi-automatic rifle used to kill 20 children and six adults in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre- a weapon similar to the... Authorities say the FBI has arrested four people, including three high-ranking New York Police Department officers, in connection with New York City's ongoing corruption probe.

Threats and spin will not deter us from reporting on Unaoil

Over the past few months, the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, the UK's Serious Fraud Office and the Australian Federal Police have been running a major international corruption probe into Monaco-based company Unaoil. They have been jointly analysing evidence implicating Unaoil in serious corruption - evidence that was uncovered by Fairfax Media and the Huffington Post last year.

Clinton campaign suggested intros, questions prior to events

For Hillary Clinton, the presidential campaign has been about building an approachable image: She's often eschewed big arenas in favour of town halls, peppered her ads with personal stories and planned less-scripted gatherings with voters. But emails obtained by The Associated Press reveal a careful, behind-the-scenes effort to review introductory remarks for college presidents and students presenting the Democratic front-runner as a speaker, as well as suggesting questions that happened to be aligned with her campaign platform.

Emails: Clinton staff reviewed event questions

For Hillary Clinton, the presidential campaign has been about building an approachable image: She's often eschewed big arenas in favor of town halls, peppered her ads with personal stories and planned less-scripted gatherings with voters. But emails obtained by The Associated Press reveal a careful, behind-the-scenes effort to review introductory remarks for college presidents and students presenting the Democratic front-runner as a speaker, as well as suggesting questions that happened to be aligned with her campaign platform.

Emails: Clinton staff reviewed event questions For Hillary Clinton,…

For Hillary Clinton, the presidential campaign has been about building an approachable image: She's often eschewed big arenas in favor of town halls, peppered her ads with personal stories and planned less-scripted gatherings with voters. But emails obtained by The Associated Press reveal a careful, behind-the-scenes effort to review introductory remarks for college presidents and students presenting the Democratic front-runner as a speaker, as well as suggesting questions that happened to be aligned with her campaign platform.