In the wake of the attack on the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, U.S. director of Reporters Without Borders, Delphine Halgand, joins the Newseum and Nikahang Kowsar, a member of the board of directors of Cartoonists Rights Network International, for a timely discussion about free expression and the dangers journalists face worldwide.
French Muslim community argues: We are not Charlie [online as French Muslims feel deeply torn by viral 'I am Charlie' slogan]
By Anthony Faiola
Washington Post January 14 2015
New cartoon of Muhammad stokes outrage and defiance [online as Charlie Hebdo's new Muhammad cartoon sparks fears of more violence in France]
By Griff Witte
Washington Post January 14 2015, p. A1, 8
Latest Charlie Hebdo issue hits newsstands
By Nick Kirkpatrick
Morning Mix blog January 14 2015
By Paul Farhi
Washington Post January 13 2014, p. C1-2
Roz Chast: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Monday, January 26
7:30 pm
Priority seating and signing available
Famed New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast does such a comical, fluent job of conveying the things that keep her up at night that many readers are convinced she is somehow mapping their own inner lives. Her latest book, which tackles the subject of growing up in Brooklyn as an only child and of her efforts, decades later, to help her parents navigate the jagged shoals of old age, is by turns grim and absurd, deeply poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Bid on a signed, original drawing by Roz!
National Press Club To Honor Victims of Charlie Hebdo Attack
Matt Cohen
DCist (Jan 12, 2015)
http://dcist.com/2015/01/national_press_club_to_honor_victim.php
Photos: Hundreds March In Support Of Charlie Hebdo
Matt Cohen
DCist (January 12, 2015)
http://dcist.com/2015/01/photos_hundreds_rally_in_support_of.php#photo-1
The last issue of Capital Business will publish on Monday, January 26, 2015. Beginning February 1 Capital Business stories will move into The Washington Post throughout the week. Much of the content of Capital Business will be able to be found in the Sunday and Monday issues of The Washington Post. In addition, we will continue to publish stories on The Washington Post web site.
A few years ago, the Post dumped its daily business section, and seemed to move resources to this free tabloid. I've only gotten it for about six months, but Mike Shapiro has been doing a gag cartoon illustrating the Career Coach column. I don't know if he'll be still doing it for the Post proper.
Here's a 2012 example that Google turned up:
Letters to the Editor: Michelangelo's David is no 'lawn gnome'
Christopher Jones, Falls Church
Washington Post January 10 2015
Charlie Hebdo and the true power of the pen
By Alexandra Petri
Washington Post ComPost blog (January 7 2015; in print January 10): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/01/07/charlie-hebdo-and-the-true-power-of-the-pen/
Long ago… a team of talented professional writers and artists tried to invent a machine that would translate imagination into vivid brightly animated images on a TV screen. Having no knowledge of neurophysics, complex machinery or even simple fractions, this plan was sadly abandoned in 2007.
Instead the company endeavored to provide high-quality web comics to the world once a week, and this goal was met with far greater success. Thus was the creation of three comic series: The macabre comedy, "Skeleton Crew," the celebration of nerd life, "Donuts for Looking," and the Swords & Sorcery & Sarcasm series, "CRIT!"
Monica Marier : Does script pencils, ink, and color for both Donuts for Looking and Skeleton Crew. She also does script and pencils for CRIT. She's a published Fantasy author with Hunt Press. David Joria: Does script for Skeleton Crew, Donuts for Looking, and CRIT. Rachael Hixon: Does story, ink, and color for CRIT. She also is in charge of in-house printing for Tangent Artists comics and books. You can view new comics every week at the Tangent Artists site: http://www.tangentartists.com/
Washington Post January 11 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-attack-on-charlie-hebdo-and-free-speech/2015/01/09/985ba598-9755-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.htmlCharlie Hebdo attack isn't about images, free speech [online as Why the Charlie Hebdo attack is not about images or free speech (COMMENTARY)]
By Hussein Rashid | Religion News Service
Washington Post January 10 2015
The biggest threat to French free speech isn't terrorism. It's the French.
[online as The biggest threat to French free speech isn't terrorism. It's the government.
The murders at Charlie Hebdo, while tragic, aren't the problem.]
By Jonathan Turley
Washington Post January 11 2015
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University.
Jeff Danziger is a syndicated political cartoonist with the Rutland Herald and the Montpelier Times Argus.
A guest post by cartoonist Dale Rawlings.
I've been seeing some serious hand wringing from people over the Charlie Hebdo story decrying the content of the cartoons. Usually it goes along the lines of "No one deserves to die over cartoons but they're borderline racist" or "They're just so damned offensive" or "It's not even good satire. They're so juvenile and have no sophistication" etc... The trouble with supporting freedom of speech is that to TRULY be a supporter of freedom of expression is to stand in solidarity of those expressions that aren't so nice and easy to defend. It's really easy to stand in support of that speech you agree with -but far harder to defend something you don't personally like, disagree with, or just find to be ugly. But this is what it means to be an advocate of freedom of speech. Do you honestly think the ACLU liked what the Klan stands for or has to say when they defended their rights to free speech? THIS is the price we pay for freedom of speech.
When those rights of expression come under threat of violence then standing up in solidarity for that freedom of expression becomes not only essential, but mandatory. If you waver those extremists will take that as a sign of weakness and embolden them to take similar measures to squelch speech that offends them.
I have even seen some people laughably suggest in this debate that criticizing religion or religious figures should be exempt from protection so as not to offend someone's religious beliefs where anything similar happens in the future. Think about that for a minute. That would protect the Westboro Baptist Church, Al Sharpton, and the Church of Scientology from being ridiculed and satirized and that is a losing scenario for everyone. If your beliefs can't stand up to ridicule and you feel they need special protection from that ridicule, then maybe your faith in your belief system just isn't as strong as you think.
Je suis Charlie
Discuss.
