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NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies (6923 words) |
 | The Norwegian-American press was well established when Washington Posten emerged as one of the 243 newspapers that were begun between 1877 and 1896, the period of the greatest expansion in the number of immigrant journals. |
| Because, as Washington Posten noted editorially, one can safely assume that Nordic men through their upbringing are Progressive regardless of the ticket on which they appear. The prevailing progressive spirit and movement for reform were subjugated under ethnic self-assertion. |
| Washington Posten reminded its readers that the governor had been invited to be present at the large Norse-American Centennial festival in Seattle in 1925, but had not even had the grace to respond to the invitation. |
| FrontPage magazine.com :: Cartoon Jihad by Daryl Cagle (1062 words) |
| The Jyllands Posten, Denmark's biggest newspaper, has been bombarded by street protests, international diplomatic incidents and death threats against cartoonists who have gone into hiding, fearing for their lives. |
| For the Danish "infidels" at Jyllands Posten, it is a matter of press freedom and an unwillingness to accept restrictions on an absolute and treasured freedom, which includes the right to offend anyone they choose to offend. |
| In response to an inquiry from Jyllands Posten, Doug writes, "I was used to negative reactions from religious interest groups, but not the kind of sustained violent intensity of the Islamic threats. |
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