Brendan Coyne

Brendan Coyne is a Core Contributor to The NewStandard. A self-described media and politics junky, Brendan is the publication's daily briefwriter and has contributed regularly to the Civil Liberties and Securities and Work and Money sections of The New Standard for the past year. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland and works as an editorial assistant at The Johns Hopkins University Press. In addition, Brendan writes regularly for the Buffalo Alternative Press and Baltimore City Paper. His irregularly-posted musings on the news media, politics, world events, and music can be found at

Previous contributions to The NewStandard (600):

• 02/03/06 Labor: New Mine Safety Plans Fail to Measure Up
• 02/02/06 AT&T Sued over NSA Wiretap Support
• 02/02/06 Wildlife Service Promotes Promoter of Fraudulent Science
• 02/01/06 Record Profits Inspire No Good Will at Exxon
• 02/01/06 Mental Health Policy Neglects, Endangers Public, Patients
• 02/01/06 Settlement Exposes Asbestos Fund as ‘Bailout’
• 01/06/06 Medicaid Rollback to Include ID Rule Despite Lack of Fraud
• 01/06/06 Gay Rights Groups Demand Info on Pentagon Spying
• 01/05/06 Mine Tragedy Highlights Decay of Regulations, Enforcement
• 01/05/06 Consumer Advocates Pursue FDA, Olestra Producers Over Warning Labels
• 01/04/06 Rhode Island Becomes 11th State to Legalize Medical Marijuana
• 01/03/06 Report Asks: Are Some Companies Too Big to Police?
• 01/03/06 Trapped Miners’ Employer, Feds Left Worksite Unsafe
• 12/30/05 Gitmo Hunger Strikers’ Numbers Grow
• 12/30/05 Opposition Delays Free Trade Implementation
• 12/30/05 Malpractice Insurers Regularly Overstated Claims, Study Finds
• 12/29/05 New York Transportation Union to Vote on New Contract
• 12/29/05 Impending Tax Cuts ‘Most Regressive on Record,’ Analysts Find
• 12/28/05 CIA Self-investigation Only Known Renditions Inquiry
• 12/28/05 Autism Group Joins Opposition to Drug Co. Liability Protection
• 12/27/05 E-voting Challenges Arise as Compliance Deadline Nears
• 12/23/05 Jury Fines Wal-Mart for 8 Million Labor Violations
• 12/23/05 New York Transit Workers End Strike
• 12/23/05 ‘Ohio Patriot Act’ May Soon Become Law
• 12/22/05 Senate Blocks Alaska Wilderness Drilling
• 12/22/05 Appeals Court Denies Govt. Maneuver on Padilla Detention
• 12/22/05 Drug Co. Admits Guilt in Off-label Marketing Case
• 12/21/05 Anti-Muslim Bias Spotlighted – This Time Preemptively
• 12/21/05 Judge: Intelligent Design has No Place in Public Schools
• 12/21/05 Report Finds Car Insurance Redlining Rampant in California
• 12/21/05 Environmentalists Join in Opposing Alito Nomination
• 12/20/05 Striking Workers Shut Down New York Public Transit
• 12/20/05 Senators Would Profit from Bird-flu Bill’s Drug Co. Shield
• 12/20/05 New Report Shows Increase in Urban Hunger, Homelessness
• 12/19/05 Bill Could Punish Immigrant Helpers, Launch National ID
• 12/19/05 Indian Bureau to Default on Payment to Navajo
• 12/16/05 Gulf Coast Hunger Spreads as Food Banks Struggle
• 12/16/05 Senate Could Prevent Patriot Act Reauthorization
• 12/16/05 Food Stamp Decision May Leave Some Out in the Cold
• 12/16/05 Cost of Necessities Rise as Consumer Prices Drop Overall
• 12/15/05 Wells Fargo Targeted over Charges of Predatory Lending
• 12/15/05 Ethics Watchdog Seeks Info on Foreign Aid Offers
• 12/15/05 Government Holding Back Data on Federal Workforce, Lawsuit Alleges
• 12/14/05 EPA Chemical Testing Rules to Allow Human Toxicity Studies
• 12/14/05 Alito Threatens Disability Rights Laws, Advocates Charge
• 12/14/05 Memo Presents New Evidence of FBI Impropriety
• 12/14/05 Challenges re-filed on Torture, ‘Black Sites’*
• 12/12/05 Groups Urge 11th Hour Rally Against Patriot Act Renewal*
• 12/12/05 Farmers, Communities Benefit Little from ‘Bio-pharming’
• 12/12/05 Labor Group Says Union Organizing Growing Riskier