Our liberties are NOT the problem. The tragedy in Paris last Friday has regrettably been employed as a catalyst for renewed calls by governments in western Europe and even in the United States for more curtailment of personal liberties. Those who accept the trade of liberty for safety have argued in favor of less liberty. They want ... MORE
Showing posts with label free speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free speech. Show all posts
Andrew Napolitano: Paris And Freedom
Our liberties are NOT the problem. The tragedy in Paris last Friday has regrettably been employed as a catalyst for renewed calls by governments in western Europe and even in the United States for more curtailment of personal liberties. Those who accept the trade of liberty for safety have argued in favor of less liberty. They want ... MORENet Neutrality Could Crush Political Websites
by Rudy Takala. For Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who's leading the charge to stop "net neutrality" regulations, the possibility that political content on the web, like the Drudge Report or Fox News, could be regulated is a major motivation. "When it comes to the content side, I have the sense that this is the very beginning of the net neutrality debate," the ... MORE
Victor Davis Hanson: The University Gone Feral
Where PC intolerance trumps free speech. The university, long exempted from social norms and rules, has gone wild in the 21st century — or rather, regressed to pre-puberty. The University of Missouri campus police now request that students — a group not known for polite vocabulary — call law enforcement if someone disparages ... MORE
A. Barton Hinkle: Crybaby Nation
Hysteria over hurt feelings and safe spaces. When did America get taken over by a bunch of crybabies? The question seems a little judgy, but look around. You can't swing a
dead cat without hitting people—from all parts of the political
spectrum, it's important to note—yelping about their hurt feelings. That's not hyperbole: A recent viral video ... MOREGeorge Will: Freedom From Speech On American Campuses
The insulation of delicate snowflakes. Yale’s president, Peter Salovey, dealt with the Crisis of the
Distressing E-mail about Hypothetical Halloween Costumes about as you
would expect from someone who has risen to eminence in today’s academia.
He seems to be the kind of adult who has helped produce the kind of
students who are such ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: The First Amendment Is Dying
Congress shall make no law, but... "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" Unless we're talking about a white chocolate-paneled cake for a gay
wedding or perpetual funding for "women's health" clinics because it's
the "right thing to do." "or abridging the freedom of speech;" ... MOREWhen You're Popular, You Don't Need Freedom Of Speech
by Andrew Sirios. The rise of the left, the demise of the west. Free speech is not something that people would normally see as a
realm of economics, but in many ways, an economic understanding of the
support and opposition to free speech can shed a lot of light on what’s
happening now in the West. The first thing that needs to be noted
is that ... MORETo The Paranoid Missouri Crybaby Children Unable to Cope With The Crushing Effects Of Hurtful Speech: Call The Cops
by Eugene Volokh. Prof. Thom Lambert (Truth on the Market) passes along the following Missouri-University-wide e-mail: Subject: Reporting Hateful and/or Hurtful Speech. To
continue to ensure that the University of Missouri campus remains safe,
the MU Police Department (MUPD) is asking individuals who witness
incidents of hateful and/or hurtful ... MORESouth Park Shows How To Defeat Social-Justice Warriors
by Stephen L. Miller. A soul-crushing society, led by a click-happy media and finger-wagging president, that has demanded our country and culture change everything from its football-team names to its campus speech policies, has gone largely unchecked for the past seven or so years. Today, the shirt a scientist wears is more important than his ... MOREHigh School Journalism Teacher Gets Suspended After Standing Up For Student Reporters' Free Speech Rights
by Zach Weissmueller. Administrators at one California high school reacted in all the wrong
ways when student reporters tried to write a newspaper article about
the recent dismissal of a popular teacher and debate coach. San Gabriel High School principal Jim Schofield sent an email telling
newspaper adviser Jennifer Kim to kill the story ... MOREForced Silence Is One Way To Shut Up Political Opponents
by John Stossel. Campaign finance rules = major threat to freedom. In a democracy, citizens must be able to criticize their leaders. It's a reason America's founders put free speech in the Bill of Rights. I assumed that right is safe in the United States. So I was shocked to learn what happened in Wisconsin. Before dawn, Deborah Jordahl was ... MORETed Cruz: Internet Freedom & Free Speech In Great Peril
by John Hayward. Sen. Ted Cruz is issuing a strong warning about the threats to free speech and Internet freedom. “You know, the Obama FCC has invoked the Fairness Doctrine a number of times with sort of wistful glances to the past. Nostalgia,” he said. “You know if I had suggested years ago that the Obama administration would send government ... MORE
John Stossel: Censorship In America
Hate speech is less dangerous than censorship. Support for the idea that it's good to hear all opinions, even offensive ones, is thin. A plurality of Americans now support laws against "hate speech." Conservatives once wanted to ban Playboy magazine, violent rap lyrics and offensive depictions of Jesus. Leftists then were right to fight ... MORE
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