A union representing Massachusetts firefighters said yesterday it had convinced WordsWorth Books in Harvard Square to cancel an appearance by a journalist whose articles chronicling the recovery effort at New York’s Ground Zero questioned the conduct of some firefighters who helped clear the wreckage.
Professor -- and former Supreme Judicial Court (i.e., state Supreme Court) justice -- Charles Fried is quoted. He backed my city council campaign last year. This comment isn't relevant to the story -- this is just shameless name-dropping, as I'm sure it appears.
He says that the first amendment doesn't constrain a private bookstore. He's right, of course; my feeling toward Wordsworth is, at worst, understanding disappointment.