Conventions Shakes Nuts Loose
by Judging from these two stories, the loony-toon tree is being shaken pretty hard out in Denver and the nuts are falling to Earth. First, Alex …
Category: Free Speech
The End of Hate in Our Time
In the words of Canada’s Human Rights Commission’s senior counsel Ian Fine, the commission is necessary because "there can’t be enough laws against hate." This …
Repression in Yemen
From the NY Times and Jane Novak’s Armies of Liberation blog comes the story of Abdul Karim al-Khaiwani, a journalist who is facing a potential …
Schlafly Honored, Hundreds Turn Away
The University of Washington honored one of its own when Phyllis Schlafly was presented with an honorary doctorate degree at today’s commencement. Unfortunately, the ceremony …
The New Anti-Intellectualism
From the Wall Street Journal: Often it seems as though American higher education exists only to provide gag material for the outside world. The latest …
Censoring Ourselves
Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, today posted an intense condemnation of the western practice of censoring itself in regards to Islam and …
Free Speech / Islam / Law
Paterson Should Protect Free Speech
Gov. David Paterson has until the end of today to decide whether or not he will sign a bill the New York state legislature passed …
Chilling Effect in Canada
Kathy Shaidle reports that she and other bloggers are being sued by Richard Warman, a former member of Canada’s Human Rights Commission and frivolous lawsuit …
Support Geert Wilders’ Right to Speak
The Jawa Report is linking to a petition aiming to organize a boycott of Dutch goods and services if Wilders is punished or prosecuted over …
Censored?
Michael van der Galien, my boss at PoliGazette.com, just emailed and said that the site has been suspended by the hosting provider, one alfahosting.be. Michael …