Tag Archives: communication
Free Press = Free Society
Information is power. Few people can make a living, hold their governments accountable, and educate their children without a healthy supply of free- flowing information. Citizens need accurate, timely, independent news they can trust. So do businesses and markets. And … Continue reading
Filed under American Values, Civil Society, freedom of information
It’s Internet Freedom, Stupid!
Read a piece in the New York Times of June 12, 2011, entitled: U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors. Great story. Great reading. The ultimate point of the article is freedom of information, freedom of expression, freedom to participate in the 21st century … Continue reading
Beyond Babel: English Belongs To The World
As a childhood immigrant to America who learned English as a “second language” and as an American Ambassador, I read with great interest a recent op-ed by Tallinn University Rector Rein Raud in Eesti Päevaleht. Rector Raud argued for “some type of official status” for … Continue reading
Filed under American Values, Civil Society, education, U.S. -Estonian Relations
