Charlie Hebdo Archives – The Statesman

Limiting offensive comedy isn’t funny anymore

Nick ZararisFeatured OpinionsDecember 1, 2015December 1, 2015

The culture today has been so geared to avoid offending anyone that there is a total unwillingness to make certain jokes.

147 students dead, 0 coverage by American media

Jeremy KlineOpinions Top StoryApril 9, 2015April 21, 2015

On April 2, 147 students at Garissa University College were massacred by members of Al-Shabaab, yet prime-time American news outlets were deafeningly silent on the matter.

The Know: Perversion of religion no reason for murder

Niveditha OblaOpinions Top StoryMarch 3, 2015March 4, 2015

My final belief is Charlie Hebdo is an event that floats in a shade of grey, teetering between two very opposing sides.

Is the Press really “Free?”

Jonathon KlineOpinionsJanuary 29, 2015

On Jan. 7, 2015, three armed gunmen stormed the office of the French satrical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people .

Proud pens and pins: stars support Paris at the Golden Globe Awards

Rena ThomasArtsJanuary 27, 2015January 28, 2015

Pens and pins were the accessory of choice for stars like Helen Mirren, George Clooney and Sunrise Coigney at the 72nd Golden Globes Awards on Sunday, Jan.11.