| A timely new book explores the rights that American | | | | Bill O'Reilly, a two-time Emmy Award winner for |
| kids have. What rights they do-and don't-have may | | | | excellence in reporting, served as a national |
| surprise you. | | | | correspondent for ABC News and anchor of the |
| A look at those rights can be found in "Kids Are | | | | nationally syndicated news magazine program "Inside |
| Americans Too," written by four-time No. 1 | | | | Edition" before becoming executive producer and |
| best-selling author and veteran television news | | | | anchor of "The O'Reilly Factor." |
| journalist Bill O'Reilly. His first book for younger fans, | | | | He is the author of "The O'Reilly Factor," "The No |
| "The O'Reilly Factor for Kids," was the No. 1 | | | | Spin Zone," "Who's Looking Out for You?," "The |
| best-selling nonfiction title for kids in 2005. | | | | O'Reilly Factor for Kids," "Culture Warrior" and the |
| Back again with a dialogue on rights that may spark | | | | novel "Those Who Trespass," and holds master's |
| many discussions, O'Reilly and his co-author Charles | | | | degrees from Harvard's Kennedy School of |
| Flowers dole out the kind of blunt, commonsense | | | | Government and Boston University. |
| commentary you count on them for. Together, they | | | | Charles Flowers, award-winning author or co-author |
| explore questions being debated in and out of courts | | | | of 62 books, has also written television |
| today, including: | | | | documentaries, magazine articles, art and theater |
| • Can a kid wear an anti-gay T-shirt on | | | | criticism, and opinion columns in such publications as |
| campus? | | | | The New York Times, The Virginia Quarterly Review, |
| • Does a school newspaper have the right to | | | | and City Newspaper. |
| bad-mouth a principal? | | | | A former newspaper reporter, high school teacher |
| • Does a mother have the right to eavesdrop | | | | and university professor, he wrote the screenplay for |
| on her daughter's telephone conversations? | | | | the feature film "The Nation" and, with composer |
| Some of the answers may surprise you, and all of | | | | Sorrel Hays, the three-act opera "Our Giraffe. |
| them are likely to make you think. | | | | |