“You seem to be in denial”
That’s what U.S. District Judge William Young told former sportscaster Bob Gamere yesterday after Gamere whined about the five-year prison sentence he’d just been handed for distributing child...
View ArticleDid David Portnoy commit a crime?
Jonathan Albano (right) at a forum at Boston University last year on "Legal Liability in the Age of WikiLeaks." At left is First Amendment lawyer Robert Bertsche. I was the moderator, and I'm sitting...
View ArticleA horrifying and important piece of journalism
Jenifer McKim discusses her story. Click on image to view video. The most horrifying and important piece of journalism I’ve seen in quite a while is Jenifer McKim’s front-page story in Sunday’s Boston...
View ArticleThe story behind the Barry Crimmins documentary
Barry Crimmins (via Twitter) Don Aucoin’s feature on the new Barry Crimmins documentary in today’s Boston Globe goes into harrowing detail about the sexual abuse Crimmins suffered at the hands of a...
View ArticleWhat if the First Amendment were as untouchable as the Second?
I’ve been trying to think through what would change if the First Amendment were as untouchable as the Second. I’m sure this is an incomplete list, but here are a few ideas that come to mind: Child...
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