First Rights: War on the Constitution by Nobel Prize winner Oct 29, 2009
Nat Hentoff is a renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
First Rights: Obama's unrestrained FBI Oct 22, 2009
Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority 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. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Maurice Sendak's Thin Skin Oct 16, 2009
In a Jan. 22, 1966, (subscription required) profile of Sendak, Nat Hentoff collects several of the critical responses. "We should not like to have it left about where a sensitive child might find it to pore over in the twilight," stated the Journal of Nursery Education. (Slate)
Music: the week ahead Oct 15, 2009
JAZZ, BLUES & CABARET AMANDA CARR WITH THE KENNY HADLEY BIG BAND Carr, whom critic Nat Hentoff has called a true jazz singer in a time of wannabes, joins forces with big band leader and drummer Hadley to celebrate the release of Common Thread, their fine new tribute to the Great American Songbook. 8 and 10 p.m. Oct. 15. (Boston Globe)
First Rights: Obama, Congress to decide when you die? Aug 25, 2009
First Rights: Obama, Congress to decide when you die. in print and online, 24/7 for free, select the Clean Sweep option. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Looking For Mister Right Aug 24, 2009
Worth checking out is a profile of legendary civil liberties writer Nat Hentoff, who was laid off from the Village Voice last year. Few writers have been as influential as Hentoff with his unwavering adherence to the right of free speech. (New York Post -- Business)
Kind of Blue Aug 18, 2009
In an interview that year with critic Nat Hentoff, Miles explained the new approach. "When you go this way," he said, "you can go on forever. You don't have to worry about changes, and you can do more with time. It becomes a challenge to see how melodically inventive you are. I think a movement in jazz is beginning, away from the conventional string of chords and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variations. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what... (Slate)
Nat Hentoff's Unorthodox Libertarianism Aug 6, 2009
The unorthodox libertarianism of Nat Hentoff ... Out of Step, the working title of a new documentary about Nat Hentoff s life, strikes the 84-year-old journalist as a good characterization of his idiosyncratic political views ... Nat Hentoff just will not shut up. (The American Conservative)
In Perspective — Press has been overworked Jul 30, 2009
Nat Hentoff of the Cato Institute was the author and his thoughts appeared in the papers on the day of Jackson s and Fawcett s deaths. The gist of Hentoff s article is that too many Americans have forgotten who we are as a nation, if they ever knew. (Brenham Banner, TX)
George Russell, 86; composer, theoretician led giants of jazz to fertile new lands Jul 29, 2009
Modal jazz, Davis told jazz writer Nat Hentoff, gives you a lot more freedom and space to hear things. When you go this way, you can go on forever. (Boston Globe)
COMMENTARY: Barack, what happened to all the change you promised? Jul 23, 2009
Nat Hentoff, a long-time civil libertarian and outspoken critic of the Bush administration, refers to our nation s 44th president as George W. Obama and with good reason. President Obama s time in office is increasingly starting to look like Bush, Part II.. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
The best of times, the worst of times Jul 16, 2009
The voices of independent journalists like Nat Hentoff, Joseph Sobran or the late Samuel Francis are not heard. Bud Wiser. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Literary Boston neighborhoods Jul 5, 2009
Boston Boy by Nat Hentoff (1986). But to the regulars, there was no place like [the Savoy Caf. (Boston Globe)
First Rights: President Obama, meet President Reagan Jun 2, 2009
" Those pledges were badly broken, to our discredit throughout the world.Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority 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.(May 27, 2009) POST A COMMENT Hanfordsentinel.com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors. Comments that are submitted are not posted to the site immediately. They go into a queue... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Letters for Sunday, May 10, 2009 (763) May 11, 2009
I noted with irony Nat Hentoff s concern that the U.S. Constitution is being shredded by federal hate crime legislation (while the ACLU fiddles) and on the same page Gordon Oswald is sure America is suffering from the very excesses our democracy has provided its citizens, and then suggest a one-way ticket for Mr. Samu and his family to the country of his choice. ( New thought crimes law is unconstitutional, Media Voices, and Which America is it. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
First rights: U.S. still a nation of laws, not men? May 1, 2009
"To be continued.Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority 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.(April 29, 2009) POST A COMMENT Hanfordsentinel.com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors. Comments that are submitted are not posted to the site immediately. They go into a queue to be moderated and may take several hours to be... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Commentary: First rights Mar 9, 2009
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Lincoln Logs Feb 10, 2009
" NOT RETIRING First Amendment authority Nat Hentoff, who left the Village Voice in December after a remarkable 50 years as a columnist, has become a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. "The core of libertarianism is a defense of free speech," observed Ed Crane, Cato's president and CEO. "No American in recent history has done more in defense of free speech and the First Amendment than the great civil libertarian, Nat Hentoff. "TWO LISTS The U.S. Travel Association is applauding the House of... (Human Events Online)
