By Paul Wieland The insurrection by Trump supporters is one of the most outrageous stories in my lifetime, much of it spent as a newspaper reporter, but more time in other journalistic pursuits, including teaching college students about the field…. Read More ›
St. Bonaventure University
Thanks to Donald Trump, it is a good time to be a journalist
By Paul Wieland It’s a difficult and surprising assessment to make, but the years of Donald Trump in the White House have benefitted American journalism. For the first time in my life, media outlets specifically point to lies, untruths and… Read More ›
Greg Mitchell: How Bona students reacted to the Kent State shootings
By Greg Mitchell It had been a spring filled with protests of various sorts at SBU already, when I came back to my off-campus apartment one early evening in early May. As a senior I was looking forward to graduation… Read More ›
John Stevens: ‘We need to be constantly reminded of Kent State’
Americans’ pride themselves in the constitutional guarantee of peaceful protest. But when either side in a standoff pulls the trigger, turning a demonstration violent, a voice is lost. A larger message is sent. Disagreement, civil disobedience, can be deadly. Such… Read More ›
Denny Wilkins: ‘The day I first understood journalism’
I became a journalist in April 1970 at my hometown paper. I had little understanding of the profession. On May 4, government fired on its own citizens, killing four and wounding nine. Repeat: A government fired at its own citizens… Read More ›
Chris Mackowski: ‘When protesters demanded accountability, government responded with violence’
The Kent State protesters demanded government accountability; the government responded not with answers but with violence. At a time when the current administration resists similar calls for accountability, and its supporters enable that defiance, Kent State reminds us of the… Read More ›
David Kassnoff: ‘Any life lost exercising First Amendment rights is one too many’
The Kent State protesters demanded government accountability; the government responded not with answers but with violence. The student shootings at Kent State in 1970 signified the moment when the Vietnam War came to U.S. soil. Viewers of network newscasts had… Read More ›
Lee Coppola: ‘Bloodshed over differences of opinion has no place in a democracy’
Perhaps at no better time in recent history does the Ken State shootings teach us a lesson. When some think the division in our country has opened a chasm too deep to heal, it’s worth remembering what happened when such… Read More ›
Paul Wieland: ‘A precursor to a new breed of imperialism’
The killings at Kent State reflected the usual lack of leadership by politicians. The country was already heavy breathing about the Vietnam War and needed cooler heads, not the ones running the state of Ohio at the time. Instead the… Read More ›
Barry Gan: ‘Awakening mainstream America’
The killing of four unarmed students at Kent State on May 4, 1970 is not the only time our government has fired upon unarmed civilians. It happened 11 days later, again, at Jackson State, when police opened fire on unarmed… Read More ›
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