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Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights and author of many books, including "The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance."
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Remember Darfur genocide? It hasn't stopped

by Nat Hentoff -- Of all the world's dictators, Sudan's Gen. Omar Al-Bashir is the most unfailingly duplicitous and murderously arrogant. His government was one of the first to welcome our new more…

The abortion president

by Nat Hentoff -- During a July 17, 2007, speech before the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, then Sen. Barack Obama pledged: "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom more…

Who will Obama see as 'enemy combatants'?

by Nat Hentoff -- Soon after 9/11, George W. Bush, addressing Congress, said of our murderous enemies, "They hate our freedoms!" But on Oct. 17, 2006, Bush – following the path charted more…

What happened to Joe Biden?

by Nat Hentoff -- Candidates for higher office are indeed tested – if they win – from Day One. But the credibility of their declared principles is sometimes tested suddenly and revealingly more…

Still missing: Millions of young voters

by Nat Hentoff -- When Colin Powell declared his support of Barack Obama on NBC TV's "Meet the Press," part of his explanation was: "I think Senator Obama has reached the feelings more…

Roberts Supreme Court: 9 executioners

by Nat Hentoff -- The assessment of the death penalty, however well designed the system for doing so, remains a human endeavor with a consequent risk of error that may not be more…

J. Edgar Hoover lives!

by Nat Hentoff -- Even in its final weeks, the Bush administration continues its war on our civil liberties. On Dec. 1, Bush ultra-loyalist Attorney General Michael Mukasey will put into effect more…

Obama too generous to McCain on torture

by Nat Hentoff -- During the widely seen and analyzed premier presidential debate, Barack Obama was grossly mistaken when, toward the end, he said: "I give Senator McCain great credit on the more…

My tortured vote for president

by Nat Hentoff -- The cold fact that Barack Obama voted four separate times in the Illinois state Legislature to deny care to a baby born alive after a botched abortion makes more…

Brandeis University dishonors its name

by Nat Hentoff -- For years, I have reported on many cases of college and university administrators infected with "political correctness," punishing students and faculty members for allegedly prejudicial and otherwise "offensive" more…