AltWeeklies Wire
The DEA's Bad-Faith War on Pain Doctorsnew
Drug-enforcement authorities have offer physicians little guidance, yet every year, the feds prosecute a handful of pain specialists for over-prescribing.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
09-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Tufts University Reverses Ban on Unsigned Editorialsnew
President Lawrence Bacow and dean of undergraduate college James Glaser choose to uphold First Amendment after a conservative school newspaper published two articles that some considered racist.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Jan Wolfe |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Big Dig in Court: A Citizen's Primernew
As the worst boondoggle in public works history slowly winds its way through our court system, here's a word of advice: be skeptical of the state government's every move.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
08-17-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Real Judicial Activismnew
If ever there was a time, it's now; if ever there were a place it is Guantanamo Bay, where detainees have been held indefinitely without clearly defined procedures for determining their guilt or innocence of charges that are shadowy and ill-defined -- a situation that makes a joke of the rule of law.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
05-10-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Pardons Are Forevernew
Prediction: Before leaving office, Bush will issue a shockingly large number of presidential pardons to operatives who ventured far outside the law to wage the "war on terror."
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
08-21-2006 |
Politics
Freezergatenew
The FBI's search of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's property has led to a constitutional crisis that no one seems to understand.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
06-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sleazy? Yes. Criminal? Probably Not.new
The New York Times has grown so gullible that it believed the spin on the Page Six scandal.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
04-13-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Bush’s Real Motivenew
The president's persistent support of the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping program represents much more than a stubborn presidential effort to catch terrorists.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
The Movie and the Realitynew
The documentary paints a visceral and disturbing cinematic portrait of our criminal-justice system in action -- yet if anything, After Innocence understates the problem.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
02-03-2006 |
Movies
Tags: After Innocence, Jessica Sanders
The Only Question for Alitonew
Samuel Alito must be rejected should he refuse to state his opinion about executive supremacy or claim agreement with Bush’s approach to the constitutional separation of powers.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
01-12-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: Bush, appointees
The Gray Lady in Shadownew
Could publication of the domestic-spying story lead to indictment of the New York Times?
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
01-05-2006 |
Media
The Devil and Judge Jonesnew
Every so often, an opinion gets to the heart of why the Bill of Rights both guarantees the free practice of religion and protects citizens against state-approved religion. Judge John E. Jones's ruling on intelligent design did just that.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-30-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Power Tripnew
Much of 2005 followed a script composed in the wake of 9/11: freedom was sacrificed to illusory and ill-defined security and "family values." But still there's hope.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-22-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Spy-der Mannew
Terrorists would have to be pretty dumb to have learned about electronic tapping by reading last week’s New York Times. And Bush would have to be pretty dumb for thinking we’d swallow such a line.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
12-22-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
Alberto Gonzales, The Devil You Don't Knownew
Those who cheer John Ashcroft's departure as Attorney General should think twice, as Gozales is a "considerably more dangerous replacement."
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate and Dan Poulson |
11-22-2004 |
Politics
