Michael Kinsley

The idea that torture might be used to obtain the information necessary to avert a terrorist attack was revived in the wake of 9/11. Alan Dershowitz was a proponent. Michael Kinsley attacked the thesis in 2005.

In a letter to the Economist, Hitotsubashi University professor Reiko Aoki suggests extending the vote to children.

As a general rule, media ethics debates work best in journalism schools (where they can safely and entirely be discussed in theory). But here we go.