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Open Meetings vs. First Amendment
Posted by: Democratic Thinker on September 2, 2009
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- “The Ethicist” Gets A Genuinely Hard Question…And I Don’t Like His Answer
- I Wonder: Does the New York Times Know That Carol Moseley Braun Isn’t A Persuasive Argument For The Intrinsic Diversity Value of Black Female Senators?
- I Hate to Say “I Told You So,” But I Told You So: Tucker Carlson Had Shown Himself To Be Exactly What Ethics Alarms Said He Was…
- So It’s Come To This: A Brief But Depressing Addendum To “In the Hallowed Halls of Congress, Ethics Dunces, Dolts, and Disgraces All Around”
- In the Hallowed Halls of Congress, Ethics Dunces, Dolts, and Disgraces All Around
- Cornell’s Fleeing President Shows Why Trump’s Much Condemned Statement That “Any Jewish Person That Votes For Biden Does Not Love Israel And Frankly Should Be Spoken To” Was Substantially Correct
- Stop Making Me Defend Justice Alito!
- Friday Open Forum: Try To Be More Astute Than The Washington Post (It Won’t Be Difficult)
- Ethics Quiz: The NFL Kicker’s Commencement Speech
- Never Mind the “Unethical Quote” Part, This Is Conclusive Evidence That NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is An Idiot
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- The Battle at The Village: Alabama’s Miniature Bunker Hill
- This Week on Dispatches: Timothy Symington discusses his new Book, Huzzah! Toasts
- The Impact of the American Revolution on the Mackenzie Rebellion in Upper Canada
- Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution
- The Quest for the Fourteenth State
- This Week on Dispatches: Tom Hogan on the Milford, Connecticut, Cartel
- Albigence Waldo: Surgeon, Soldier, Diarist, Poet
- A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic
- Ten Causes of the Miscarriages in Canada: Why the 1775–1776 Invasion Failed
- This Week on Dispatches: J. L. Bell on Dr. Joseph Warren’s Crucial Informant
- Longer Bus Routes for Parochial School Students Upheld
- Congressional Committee Releases Staff Report on Harvard's Response to Antisemitism on Campus
- 3 New USCIRF Commissioners Appointed by House Speaker Johnson
- South Carolina Legislature Passes Bill Barring Gender Transition Care for Minors and Mandating Schools Notifying Parents
- 4th Circuit: Denial of Opt-Out From LGBTQ-Friendly Books Did Not Violate Parents' Free Exercise Rights
- Mississippi Enacts Law Defining "Sex" In Biological Terms
- 2nd Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's Complaint About Eid Meal
- 11th Circuit: Excluding Sex Change Surgery from Health Plan Violates Title VII
- 18 States Sue EEOC Over Guidance on Transgender Sexual Harassment
- New Report Finds 63% of Americans Support Legalized Abortion
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- Executive Order 6102: A Deep Dive into FDR’s Gold Confiscation Program
- Virtual Home Invasions: We’re Not Safe from Government Peeping Toms
- Beyond the Text: Understanding the Constitution’s Original Meaning
- Is Your Car Spying on You?
- Which Way Forward for America?
- The Wicked Rebellion: General Clinton’s Amnesty Offer and North Carolina’s Rejection
- Edmund Randolph vs the National Bank
- The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z
- Sovereignty and Agency
- SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions
- Generation Jihad Ep. 169 — The Houthi Origin Story
- Russia’s Kharkiv Offensive Stretches Ukrainian Forces
- Generation Jihad Ep. 168 — The U.S.-Israel impasse
- Generation Jihad Ep. 167 — Rafah red lines
- Iraqi militia threatens Israel with retaliation over strike in Syria
- Syrian fighters belonging to Islamic Jihad killed in southern Lebanon
- Generation Jihad Ep. 165 — Israel’s boiling point (BONUS: Joe goes to a “protest”)
- Architect of Doha agreement wrongly claims: ‘Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has been dismantled’
- Houthis attack four ships and threaten to expand operations against U.S. forces
- Bahraini militia claims drone attack on Israel
- An Assyrian Bard Weaving Tales in Hollywood
- Assyrian From San Diego to Make Pro Boxing Debut
- Crisis in India-based Church: Pope Francis Again Warns of Schism
- Alliance Formed to Advocate for Assyrian Rights in Iraq
- The Invisible Inhabitants of the Arab World
- Assyriologist Solves Archaeological Mystery From 700 BC
- Chaldean Community Council Opens Incubator Business Center in El Cajon
- Sydney Teenager Planned Catastrophic Acts Against Assyrians or Jews
- French Senate Recognizes Assyrian Genocide
- The Lesser Known Genocide of Assyrians
- Mayoral Candidate, Young Girl Among 6 Shot Dead In Mexico
- Gulf Cartel Hitmem Dismembers Two CDN Operatives
- Son Of 'Lupe Tapia' A 'Mayo Zambada' Operator Arrested In Culiacan In 2022 Sentenced To Trial
- Five Men Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison For The Aggravated Kidnapping Of CAAV Film Students: Jalisco
- Carlos Arturo aka El 80 Is Released From Prison
- Mexican Government Failing To Provide Decent Jobs For Vulnerable Youth – Leaving The Door Open To Cartel Recruitment
- Sinaloa Cartel's La Rana Linked to Murder of the Surfers and Other New Information
- Undated Photographs Of Jalisco Cartel - New Generation Regional Commander 'Audias Flores-Silva' Aka 'El Jardinero'
- 11 People Killed During Clashes Between Sinaloa Cartel And CJNG In Chicomuselo
- El Menchito Heads To Trial After Rejecting US Agreement; He Could’ve Avoided Life Imprisonment
- BWC: NYPD cops jump onto subway tracks to save rider as train approaches
- Wash. State Patrol hires first transfer officer class under new law allocating funds to quicken training
- Portland touts efforts to bring down violence after shootings fell to early pandemic levels
- BWC: Ohio officer trapped in car as driver flees traffic stop
- BWC: Fla. PD marine unit officer saves unconscious man in circling boat
- PGA Championship golfer accused of ignoring cop directing traffic, dragging him on median
- Ohio PD officer killed in ambush used last breaths to warn colleagues of danger
- K-9 dies 'a happy boy' after suffering seizure while performing demonstration at elementary school
- BWC: Thieves carrying cash register attempt to shuffle past Seattle officers, are arrested
- BWC: Man drives tractor to college, rams Fla. police cruiser with officer still inside
- Christian Teacher Wins $360,000 Settlement After Opposing School’s Gender Identity Policy
- Benny Hinn Is Not a Christian, Mike Winger Says during Interview with Charisma
- Billy Graham Statue Unveiled at U.S. Capitol, Inviting Visitors to the Gospel
- Carlos and Alexa PenaVega Declare God Is Their Foundation: ‘Our Faith Is Everything’
- US Doctors 'Out of Date' Regarding Trans Interventions for Minors, Says Top UK Pediatrician
- ‘Blessed Beyond Words’: Justin and Hailey Beiber’s Parents Praise God as Couple Expects First Baby
- NFL Star Denounces ‘Dangerous Gender Ideologies’ During Commencement Speech
- Over 1,200 Attend Taylor Swift-Themed Service at Historic German Church
- FBI Joins Investigation into Controversial Death of Pastor’s Wife Mica Miller
- Mica Miller's Pastor Husband Claims He Tried to Resurrect Her Following Suicide
- NFL Sides with Anti-Catholic Bigots
- Video: Shots Heard During Live Stream News Conference Promoting Two Genders Campaign
- California Public School Teacher Fired for Her Religious Beliefs Settles with California School District
- Video: Shots Fired During Live Stream News Conference Promoting 2 Genders Campaign
- Biden Administration Weaponizes and Politicizes the Department of Justice Against Peaceful Pro-Life Activities
- Coalition of Christian Leaders Calls on Churches to 'Pray For & Stand With Israel' on Sunday, May 19
- She Leads America/UK Summit at Windsor Castle Welcomes Media Executive Kathleen Cooke
- Christians Must Stop Seeing Politics as 'Evil' Says Former Congressional Candidate
- 'Never Again' Banner to Fly Above the University of Texas Today -- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Meet Our Bratty Revolutionaries
- NYC deputy mayor charges Washington Post with antisemitism after story on Jewish business leaders’ pro-Israel pressure campaign
- Police in Rouen, France, shoot and kill man who set fire to a synagogue
- The Jewish Sport Report: These Jews are dominating the NHL and PWHL playoffs
- LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.
- IDF recovers bodies of 3 Nova festival victims, including Shani Louk
- In ‘October 7: In Their Own Words,’ right-wing culture warriors bring Israeli survivors’ accounts to the NY stage
- For Jewish teens critical of Israel, the generation gap is sometimes with their peers
- Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.
- Lily Greenberg Call, Jewish staffer who quit Biden administration over Israel policy: ‘There are so many of us who feel this way’
- Police investigating after video shows assault on 2 Jewish children in Brooklyn
- Boots on the Ground Activists
- A CSPII Report: Political Islam and Women
- Leaving Islam
- Interview with an Apostate – Annie Cyrus
- Ask Any Question About Political Islam – June 2022
- Ask Any Question About Political Islam – Part 2
- Ask Any Question About Political Islam – Part 1
- The Growth of Political Islam and How to Stop It
- Intercourse with Captive Women
- Political Islam in Kafir Politics
- South Africa: Deadly George Building Collapse - Rescue Operation Ends
- South Africa: Parliament Grants Ramaphosa Power to Set Political Donation Limits - South African News Briefs - May 17, 2024
- Senegal: Senegal Launches Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme to support smallholder farmers.
- Angola: Angola Journalist William Tonet's Home Invaded By Gunman As Defamation Case Continues
- Sudan: Sudan War - Vital Lifeline Returns to North Kordofan Capital
- Zambia: United States and Zambia Sign Partnership to Prevent Trafficking in Persons
- Congo-Kinshasa: Residents Worry As DRC Rebels Frantically Exploit Coltan Mine
- North Africa: Scientists May Have Solved Mystery Behind Egypt's Pyramids
- Kenya: Makka: A Women's Champion Igniting Empowerment in Tawfiq
- Zimbabwe: 13 New Suspected Typhoid Cases Reported in Zimbabwe
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- China’s ‘virtual invasion’ of India and the cultural genocide of Tibet
- About 30 Rohingya killed in clashes between Myanmar junta, insurgents
- Indian authorities in Manipur state force Myanmar refugees out of border villagers
- Gas nears US$50 per gallon amid clashes in Kachin state
- Putin talks tech, energy cooperation in China's Harbin
- Mid-May frost damages crops in northern North Korea
- China starts selling ultra-long bonds to raise 1 trillion yuan
- Uyghur rights advocates applaud addition of Chinese companies to US blacklist
- Philippines blasts Beijing’s new trespass rule in contested waters as ‘illegal’
- Talks between Myanmar rebel alliance and junta focus on Chinese interests
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752 Posts.- German intelligence agencies discuss ongoing espionage and hybrid challenges
- Tradecraft observations on the Reichenbach/Fischer espionage case
- Germany arrests sixth alleged spy in less than a month
- Notes on the assassination of Iranian IRGC Commander Hassan Mahdawi
- Poland and Germany charge Russian operatives with assassination, sabotage plots
- Austria: Arrest raises broader questions about counterintelligence capabilities
- Interview reveals state of mind of Israeli intelligence prior to October 7 attack
- Opinion: Fumbling Russian spies fail to stop ISIS-K attack, despite warnings from U.S.
- Book review of “Agent of the Iron Cross” a masterful historical account by Bill Mills
- United States consistently underestimates Cuban intelligence, sources say
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