Trump Bans Journalists; Will They Respond with Blackout?

Posted by Linda Gross | June 23, 2019 | Under Language, LCG Blog, Politics, Progressive

The *President’s Problematic Censorship Needs Appropriate Reaction Eritrea, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Equatorial Guinea, Uzbekistan and…the US? Those first six countries are listed by the Committee to Protect Journalists as the countries that are the worst offenders when it comes … Continued

First Amendment Defense Act: An Assault on the Constitution and Civil Rights

Posted by Linda Gross | December 16, 2016 | Under Community, Language, Law, LCG Blog, Legal, Politics, Vocabulary, What You Can Do, Words, Writing

FADA: The Wrong Way to Protect our Rights Orwell’s 1984 was even more frightening when I reread it during the Bush administration. Amidst freedom fries and the Patriot Act, I saw traces of his infamous doublespeak: War is peace. Freedom … Continued