Our view: Get lean, get healthy Jul 3, 2009
Anthony Lewis tells the story of the Debs case in the July 2 New York Review of Books. It's a compelling tale. (Anchorage Daily News)
Teach to America Jun 5, 2009
He seemed to suggest that the court should be in dialogue with the people, rather than serving, as Anthony Lewis memorably described it, as this distant institution that now and then hurls down constitutional thunderbolts. Nowadays, opponents of a given nominee always seem to think that the views of the public should be "reflected" on the court. (Slate)
Teen charged in shooting Apr 14, 2009
Anthony Lewis, of 608 Salina St., is charged with attempted second-degree murder, two counts of possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. Police said Lewis shot an 18-year-old male with a. (Albany Times Union)
Americans' opposition to Iraq war divided on anniversary Mar 15, 2008
Anthony Lewis, 59, an audio-visual specialist, wants policymakers to brainstorm for fresh solutions. "We've tried the Army, the Navy, the Marines, and that hasn't worked," he says. (USA Today -- News)
Nat Hentoff whomps ACLU, others for inhibiting 1st Amendment Jan 30, 2008
Having researched and written about it for more than 50 years, I can attest that the most compelling readable account of its tumultuous and often imperiled history is the newly published "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment" by Anthony Lewis (Basic Books) ... For many years, Anthony Lewis, twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a nonpareil reporter and analyst of the continuous First Amendment wars in his New York Times column. (WorldNetDaily)
Freedom for the thought that we hate Jan 12, 2008
Throughout his long career as an author and a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, Anthony Lewis has been one of the most inspiring advocates of a heroic view of the American judiciary. Each year I read aloud to my criminal procedure students the final paragraphs of "Gideon's Trumpet," Lewis's definitive account of the 1963 Supreme Court case that recognized a constitutional right to court-appointed counsel. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Anthony Lewis writes a First Amendment primer Jan 12, 2008
Anthony Lewis covers free speech gains and losses from the 18th to the 21st centuries ... Anthony Lewis's "law school between covers" is among a handful of recent biographies of inanimate objects and ideas. (Boston Globe)
A balance between free speech and fear Jan 8, 2008
Freedom for the Thought That We Hate by Anthony Lewis Basic Books 221 pp ... Anthony Lewis follows the history of the First Amendment protections ... Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Lewis is among the great American journalists of the past half century. (Christian Science Monitor)
Elk Lake routs rival Montrose Jan 3, 2008
At Blue Ridge, Stefano Griffin (125), Nik Decker (135) and Anthony Lewis (171) had pins to lead the Raiders, who share first place in the division with Elk Lake. Zach Matulevich (215) had a pin for the Eagles. (Scranton Times, PA)
Old lions, overseas talents eye '08 bestseller lists Dec 31, 2007
Speaking of speech, former New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis defends the First Amendment in "Freedom for the Thought We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment" (January). Harvard's Randall Kennedy writes about the tangled concept of betrayal in the black community in "Sellout: The Politics of Racial Disloyalty" (January). (Boston Globe)
reject Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Nov 13, 2007
Her very first class, she says, included journalist Anthony Lewis, who was studying at Harvard for one year on a Nieman fellowship. "On the first day, he gave a response that was so brilliant that I said, 'If they're all like that, I'll never make it,'" Ginsburg recalls. (Law.com Newswire)
Lewis headed to Purdue this weekend Oct 6, 2007
One official visit is already in the books and now Aldine, Texas, outside linebacker Anthony Lewis is set to embark on his second trip of the football season this coming weekend to Purdue. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Lewis has never been to West Lafayette, but has seen the Boilermakers play once this season already in person. (Purdue Sports -- Rivals.com)
Democratomyopia Jul 20, 2007
Liberal New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis scoffed at warnings of a coming bloodbath in Southeast Asia ... Liberal New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis scoffed at warnings of a coming bloodbath in Southeast Asia. (Townhall.com)
Blue Ribbon: Texas A&M Jul 12, 2007
Following Dodge and Tupe in the Aggie linebacking corps will be sophomores Matt Featherston (6-3, 243) and Anthony Lewis (6-2, 249). "We've got a pretty good pair to learn from in Misi and Mark," Darnell said. (ESPN -- College Football News)
A power who was Apr 26, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 David Halberstam, who died yesterday in a car crash in San Francisco, may or may not have been "the greatest journalist of his generation," as his onetime New York Times colleague Anthony Lewis told the Harvard Crimson. Certainly, he had the credentials: a Pulitzer Prize (for his Vietnam War coverage), a long shelf of best-selling books, and the contribution of an indispensable phrase to the language. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
David Halberstam's Last Speech Apr 26, 2007
Moments later, I realized that this had been the last speech of Halberstam called the greatest journalist of his generation by Anthony Lewis, a colleague of his at. The New York Times. (BusinessWeek)
DAVID HALBERSTAM: 1934-2007 Apr 25, 2007
Though "he was the premier journalist of his generation," said Anthony Lewis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who also worked at the New York Times, he was nonetheless "a kind, funny, generous human being. I never saw him do a mean thing. He had a core integrity that gave him weight, whether he was writing about sports or Vietnam.". Books by David Halberstam. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Herman: HRW War Service Feb 25, 2007
The very same day, the New York Times's veteran columnist Anthony Lewis recounted a discussion he had had with the ICTY's Chief Prosecutor Richard Goldstone: No Peace Without Justice, it was titled (November 20, 1995). As the Tribunal's Chief Justice Richard Goldstone has repeatedly said, there can be no peace without justice, the Wall Street Journal editorialized. (Zmag.org)
Brady made a quick pass at Bundchen Jan 26, 2007
But better than that was cooking for Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall and her husband , Anthony Lewis, who hired DiSpirito to be their personal chef. "They loved lamb. They always had me making lamb and also polenta ," he recalled. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Top 10 of 2006 Jan 7, 2007
Staff Sgt. Brian Anthony Lewis, 32, of Bunkie, died March 13, in Eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Lewis was traveling in a convoy when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
