Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Do journalists ever leave a great story unreported?
Ted Koppel knew about the story the movie Argo is based on as it happened and didn’t report it because he didn’t want the people involved to be killed. (Hollywood Reporter)
How do you balance free speech rights with people’s right not to be annoyed?
Do people actually have a right not to be annoyed? Or offended? More on free speech rights on campus.
Are there really 41 percent fewer paid musicians now than in 1999?
Depends on how you count them, of course.
So tell us, Pat Conroy, what do you really think of people who want to ban books?
HINT: He thinks they are idiots. (Letters of Note)

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