Scrutiny

Now my poor hometown

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Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations for special scrutiny when those groups applied for tax-exempt status. There’s no conceivable excuse for that. It was deeply, deeply wrong. Gail Collins

I think directors can

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I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he’s giving a performance. Part of the job of an actor is to invite scrutiny, but with that, the people around them have to nurture that and put them in an environment where they feel safe and they feel like … Read more

The Loneliness One dare

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The Loneliness One dare not sound — And would as soon surmise AS in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size — The Loneliness whose worst alarm Is lest itself should see — And perish from before itself For just a scrutiny — The Horror not to be surveyed — But skirted in the … Read more

I think it\\’s reasonable

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I think it’s reasonable that the government, when it has a warrant from a court, when it’s exposed to scrutiny by a legal process that would be upheld, not just nationally, but internationally as a reliable and robust standard rights protection, they can enjoy certain powers. This is no different from having the police able … Read more

The atmosphere [in the

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The atmosphere [in the school lunchroom] is not quite that of a prison, because the students are permitted to talk quietly, under the frowning scrutiny of teachers standing around on duty, during their meal-they are not supposed to talk while standing in line, though this rule is only sporadically enforced. Edgar Friedenberg