Is the U.S. getting rid of laws of war? January 23, 2010 When the Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush strongly rebuked the Bush administration for claiming overwhelming executive-branch power over terrorism suspects at Guantanamo, Justice Anthony Kennedy said sharply: "To hold that the political branches may switch the Constitution on and off at ...

Actually, Hentoff's piece is about much more than that. He goes through the entire Obama policy towards civil liberties.

Popular singer Carlos Varela came here in December "Trying to Sway America's Cuba Policy With Song and Easy Talk" , and even had lunch with a senior White House official.

The Nov. 30 "Acting on Our Conscience: A Declaration of African-American Support for the Civil Rights Struggle in Cuba" by 60 prominent black Americans denouncing the deep discrimination against Afro-Cubans by the Cuban government was a surprise because none of the five dozen signers had previously been notably critical of the Castro dictatorship.

Nat Hentoff writes on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

For years I have been reporting on how Fidel Castro has been crushing internal dissent.

America Under Barack Obama An Interview with Nat Hentoff >> Posted By Striker101 3 hours, 4 minutes ago in Political Opinion "I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had." ~ Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff has had a life well spent, one chock full of controversy fueled by his passion ...

"I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had." - Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff has had a life well spent, one chock full of controversy fueled by his passion for the protection of civil liberties and human rights.

Via the Cato Institutea s Tim Lynch, legendary civil libertarian Nat Hentoff gives Barack Obama's presidency a big fat F in a rollicking interview with John W. Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute.

Lurching through Congress, the Democrats' health-care bill is revealed in all its roiling confusion by this reaction from Sen.

"I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had."-Nat Hentoff Nat Hentoff has had a life well spent, one chock full of controversy fueled by his passion for the protection of civil liberties and human rights.

Nat Hentoff: Will Obama send flowers to Obamacare victims? THE callousness of the Harry Reid Democratic majority in bullying through a very cost-efficient health-care bill for President Obama's eager pen to sign was disgracefully clear when both the House and Senate, on party-line votes, decided to cut $43 billion of Medicare spending on what The ...

Syndicated columnist and liberal icon Nat Hentoff plans to publish a three-part series on the many troubling aspects of Obamacare.

Much of the press coverage of the Democrats' health-care legislation, now fiercely embattled in Congress, focuses on the public option, the actual long-term costs and tax increases, and the amendment barring funding for abortions, but the cold heart of Obamacare is its overpowering of the doctor-patient relationship - eventually resulting in the ...

The Journal-American died with its boots on last Sunday morning at the age of 71.

The 2010 Jazz Bridge Calendar is on Sale! Order your calendar now before December 15th and its only $20! Jazz historian Nat Hentoff calls the Jazz Bridge calendar a treasure and collectors item.

My favorite magazine by far was "Constitution," published by the Foundation for the U.S. Constitution.

My favorite magazine by far was Constitution, published by the Foundation for the U.S. Constitution.

Mr. Hentoff received the ADL Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize , which recognizes those who have made significant and lasting contributions to the protection and advancement of the First Amendment.

Sept. 23, 2009 / 5 Tishrei 5770 In community schools no child is left behind By Nat Hentoff Education has been my most important beat for more than 50 years.