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Trump Should Be a Free Speech Leader Feb. 29, 2020
The same president who signed an executive order to curb campus censorship is suing The New York Tim... Read More
Why Private Speech Doesn't Tell Us About a Person's Character Feb. 11, 2020
Very few things I have said have elicited as much negative attention as this: What people say in pri... Read More
Happy Anniversary to Citizens United Jan. 24, 2020
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court overturned portions of a federal law that empowered government to d... Read More
Cancel Culture Strikes Again: Banned in Maine Jan. 15, 2020
In November, I was banned in Boston after speech-squelchers on the left and right forced the cancell... Read More
Panhandling Bans Can't Survive Legal or Moral Scrutiny Jan. 10, 2020
It was a Christmas greeting tailor-made for a pre-redemption Ebenezer Scrooge. A Facebook post that ... Read More
Lunar Assertions and Free Speech Dec. 05, 2019
As the assertive Aries moon comes up against Jupiter, tolerate opinions different from yours. Listen... Read More
Censoring Social Media for 'Promoting Crime' Dec. 04, 2019
The other day, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki subjected herself to a hard-hitting interview with Lesley ... Read More
The Left Hates The Salvation Army. That's All You Need to Know About the Left Dec. 03, 2019
We all know some individuals who are so obviously good and kind that we are certain if anyone were t... Read More
Censorship by Theft on University Campus Nov. 20, 2019
Radford University, a taxpayer-supported institution in southwestern Virginia, is in a public relati... Read More
Twitter Tilts 2020 With an Ad Ban Nov. 06, 2019
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced that his platform will no longer accept political advertising.... Read More
Speech Police and 'Safe Spaces' Oct. 25, 2019
Freedom of speech is in the First Amendment for a reason. Freedom begins with the ability to speak y... Read More
Allowing 'Open Carry' of Guns a Bad Idea Oct. 23, 2019
State Rep. Anthony Sabatini is seeking to render the state's concealed carry license law for handgun... Read More
An Open Letter to Sergey Brin Oct. 15, 2019
Dear Mr. Brin: Fifty years ago this week, when I was a 21-year-old college senior, I was in the Sovi... Read More
In China, Freedom of Speech Is No Slam-Dunk Oct. 11, 2019
The current social media dust-up between the National Basketball Association and China reflects the ... Read More
In China, Freedom of Speech Is No Slam-Dunk Oct. 10, 2019
The current social media dust-up between the National Basketball Association and China reflects the ... Read More
What's Happening on Campus? Oct. 10, 2019
WASHINGTON — What a weekend it was! The soft gentle air of early autumn was upon us. Sweater w... Read More
The Self-Congratulation in Banned Books Week Oct. 04, 2019
Washington Post book critic Ron Charles made a confession the other day. "I banned a book," he wrote... Read More
Chappelle Defeats Cancel Culture and Confounds His Critics Sep. 20, 2019
It's "cruelty," Salon's Melanie McFarland scolds. "Offensive in all the wrong ways," wails Vice's Pa... Read More
Who Cares What the Government Thinks? Sep. 12, 2019
In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution ... Read More
YouTube Is Not the Government: Conservatives Who Argue the Video Platform Is Constrained by the First Amendment Are Forsaking Their Constitutional Principles Sep. 04, 2019
Dennis Prager may or may not have a legitimate beef with YouTube, which he says has been restricting... Read More
