by John Leo

About the author: John Leo is a syndicated columnist and contributing editor for the national weekly newsmagazine U.S. News & World Report.

Editor’s Note: The Unabomber’s manifesto was published by the New York Times and the Washington Post on September 19, 1995. The following viewpoint, written prior to that date, remains relevant to the debate over whether to allow terrorists to have access to the media.

The Unabomber has a 35,000-word diatribe that he wants to get published. The New York Times and the Washington Post have a journalistic principle they want to defend—nobody tells them what to print. But if they refuse to print the diatribe, the Unabomber promises to keep killing people. What on earth shall they do"

Oh, stop all the agonizing and...