Mitchell, Thomas - Columnists - ReviewJournal.com

Thomas Mitchell
is the editor of the Review-Journal and writes about the newspaper's role in the community. His column appears Sunday in the Viewpoints/Opinion section.
• E-mail: TMitchell@reviewjournal.com

'THOMAS MITCHELL' COLUMNS - 2009

Nov 08: Federal gag on insurers intended to choke debate
Nov 01: Sacrificing free speech won't appease fanatics
Oct 25: If you take liberties for granted, you'll lose them
Oct 18: More free speech lessons for prudes at UNLV
Oct 11: If government is censoring speech, it's unconstitutional
Oct 04: Higher education really needs a sense of humor
Sep 27: We're guided by principle, not petty party politics
Sep 20: A czar for every harm -- including media bias
Sep 13: Hammer a stake into the heart of McCain-Feingold
Sep 06: Bitter, frothing ex-judge proves wisdom of voters
Aug 30: Of fired bureaucrats and cockroaches
Aug 23: Many Bill of Rights fights joined, won with ACLU
Aug 16: Instead of shouts, insults, how about persuasion?
Aug 09: Gloves are coming off -- and being replaced by lace
Aug 02: The alternative universe of Government World
Jul 26: Spending sprees better dubbed 'Dancing in the dark'
Jul 19: Even dead, Jacko interests more folks than senator's affair
Jul 12: Selling out integrity not a sound business model
Jul 05: Saving the media pros from the Web parasites
Jun 28: The legal, social minefield of free speech rights
Jun 14: We pry because the dead can't speak for themselves
Jun 07: Subpoena seeks names -- and lots more -- of Web posters
May 31: 'I am very proud of the fact that I stand for something'
May 24: A plea for openness from the unwashed masses
May 17: Without transparency, there is no liberty
May 10: The smoldering issue of firefighter compensation
May 03: A policy of tolerance -- the intolerant excepted
Apr 26: Don't bother going to the polls -- or reading news
Apr 19: Paranoid? Why do you ask?
Apr 12: The importance of whistle-blowers
Apr 05: In search of open records at the county building
Mar 29: What if all the angels stand on one foot?
Mar 22: Online-only news still can't stand on its own
Mar 15: We need no modern Sedition Act
Mar 08: A symposium on how law is supposed to work
Mar 01: Speak your mind, but bring your own bullhorn
Feb 22: Shocked -- shocked! -- over the hookers
Feb 15: Protecting reporters and talk radio
Feb 08: Satire is dead when nothing succeeds like excess
Feb 01: Enlightened discourse
Jan 25: Transparency is the best of disinfectants
Jan 18: They're stamping their feet in frustration
Jan 11: Dealing with difficult times

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