AltWeeklies Wire
Freedom Watchnew
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
A Spate of Phony Terror Plotsnew
Sometimes a "terrorism" prosecution is anything but -- just take a look at two recent federal prosecutions, one alleging a plot to bomb New York City's Holland Tunnel, the other a conspiracy to take down Chicago's Sears Tower.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
07-13-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Shirting the Issuenew
Boston mayor Tom Menino wants to bolster the cops' campaign against violent crime by stopping the sale of "Stop Snitching" T-shirts.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
12-08-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Give Alito a Chancenew
Even a cursory look at Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s record on the bench suggests that he deserves a more serious vetting than our polarized political culture cares to acknowledge.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
11-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Harriet Miers: News From Nowherenew
George W. Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat was first hired by W in 1993 in a title dispute over his East Texas fishing house. This tells us just about everything we are likely to know about why the president nominated her.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
10-06-2005 |
Commentary
Poetic Licensenew
The authors of The 9/11 Commission Report may have unwittingly created America's first epic.
Boston Phoenix |
Daniel Aaron, Leslie Dunton-Downer and Harvey A. Silverglate |
09-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Passing Judgmentnew
The scramble to pigeonhole Supreme Court nominee John Roberts misses the point.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
09-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Bush Administration Cites National Security to Excuse Secrecynew
A host of restrictions on the public's access to government information, introduced by a dangerously secretive Bush administration, is smothering American freedoms day by day.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate and Carl Takei |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
