The Clinton/Obama Benghazi Scapegoating of Free Speech Continues to Hide in Plain Sight
House Select Committee report reinforces what we already knew: In moments of danger and stress, the Democratic elite will respond to violence with censorship
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Free Speech and Climate Fraud Prosecution Follies
The First Amendment does not protect fraud, but it does protect public debate over climate change.
Anti-Fascists 'Very Proud' of White Nationalist Counter-Protest That Led to Multiple Stabbing Victims
"Beat the fascists. Beat them."
New York's Latest Anti-Airbnb Effort Could Violate First Amendment
Effort targets advertising since renting your place out for under 30 days is already illegal.
Unless a Federal Court Acts Fast, Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Will Wreak Havoc on the Nation's Food Supply Next Week
It's set to take effect next week and will cost food companies for no good reason.
Hillary Clinton's Terrible Free Speech Record: Matt Welch on Tonight's Stossel
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a full hour on America's front-running statist
Michigan State University Police Now Trained in Bias Prevention. What Could Go Wrong?
Policing trivial slights
Free-Speech Groups Urge Veto on Rhode Island 'Sextortion' Measure
The state's new "revenge porn" measure is "so breathtakingly broad...that it criminalizes activity that involves neither revenge nor porn."
Spanish Cardinal Faces Criminal Charges for Homily Remarks
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares faces hate speech charges for questioning "gay empire," "radical feminism," and "gender theory" during homily.
Trump Fans, Progressives, and Homeless Advocates Unite to Sue the City of Cleveland
Rules related to the upcoming Republican National Convention "have an absurdly wide reach and cannot be justified in any rational way," states their lawsuit.
When Everything Is a Crime: Harvey Silverglate on the Overregulation of Ordinary Life
"That's what causes change: the people in power begin to get hurt by their own system."
If a Left-Wing Peter Thiel Sued a Right-Wing Gawker, Liberals Would Cheer. They Said So.
'I think it would be funny as hell if someone sued The Weekly Standard or Commentary into bankruptcy.'
New York Senator Moves to Defund Student Groups That Oppose Israel
Republican state Sen. Jacks Martins says "hate speech" such as calling for a boycott of Israel has no place on campus.
New Media Versus Silicon Valley
The disrupters have become the disrupted in only a few short years.
'Hate Speech Is the Secular Equivalent of Blasphemy' & Other Truths
As the EU tries to police offensive language, here's a better way to think about censorship: Screw off.
Winery Fights Utah's Laughably Awful 'Zion Curtain' Rule
The law requires blocking the view of alcohol being mixed or poured.
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Probably Change Ownership
Over $140 million judgment for hosting Hulk Hogan sex tape.
Hillary Clinton's Terrible Record on Free Speech: Matt Welch on Tonight's Stossel
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a full hour on America's front-running statist
Illinois Denies First Amendment Rights to Medical Marijuana Businesses
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
Harvard Law Prof: First Amendment Is 'Almost Entirely Without Content'
Does Donald Trump show contempt for the First Amendment? Not according to one liberal academic.
Anthony Bourdain: "I support your inalienable right to say really stupid, offensive shit."
CNN host understands people have the right to hold incorrect politics and still do business in the U.S.
BuzzFeed Banning Ads from Trump. For Similar Reasons, They Should Ban Ads from Clinton, Too.
Both candidates have terrible records on free speech.
Spanking Website Wins Battle Against British Web Censors
The U.K. Office of Communications has ruled in favor of feminist pornographer Pandora Blake and her site DreamsOfSpanking.com.
Anti-Trump Protestors Attack Trump Supporters, in Apparent Effort To Help Trump Get Elected
Acting out says a lot about the shallowness of the mainstream left's anti-Trump rhetoric
Black Lives Matter Organizer DeRay McKesson on Libertarians, Police Unions, Campus Free Speech, and Why He Hasn't Reached Out to Rand Paul
A conversation with the activist who finds some common ground with libertarianism but diverges sharply on other issues.
Yale Students Tell English Profs to Stop Teaching English: Too Many White Male Poets
'We have spoken. We are speaking. Pay attention.'
As the 'Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act' Turns One, Lawmakers Demand DOJ Get Tougher on Ad Platforms and Sex Buyers
Federal legislators are calling on Justice Department to be more proactive about using the 2015 sex-trafficking law.
California Looking for More Chances to Punish Businesses over Climate Change Positions
Some want to legally target those who donate to think tanks that encourage skepticism.
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft Agree to Hate-Speech Code of Conduct
The tech companies agree to review hate-speech notifications within 24 hours and report on their efforts to the E.U.'s "High Level Group on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and all forms of intolerance by the end of 2016."
600+ Writers Sign #NeverTrump Letter Because Dictatorship
The problem isn't that the letter goes too far. It's that it doesn't go far enough.
Feds and South Carolina Both Want to Execute Dylann Roof
Do they plan to kill the Charleston shooter twice?
University of Oregon Defends Bias Response Team: Believing Victims Is the Point
'The team is not there to pass judgment.'
The Petty Tyranny of Beer Label Censors
Flying Dog Brewery's successful battle to sell Raging Bitch in Michigan illustrates the capriciousness of alcohol regulation.
How Race-Based Admissions Fuel Political Correctness on Campus
Fifty years of affirmative action has fomented racial inequality at colleges.
Europe's Proto-Trumpism, Venezuela's Useful Idiots, and Kmele Foster's L.P. Ambivalence
The Fifth Column discusses whataboutism, third-party challenges, J.K. Rowling's defense of Trump's free speech, and more
Judge Won't Halt San Francisco's Forced Nanny State Soda Warnings
Did you know sugar helps make you fat? Of course you did.
Police to Be Trained on Concept of Free Press As Part of Ferguson Journalists' Lawsuit Settlement
St. Louis County PD adopts new "public information and news policy" following lawsuit alleging reporters were denied constitutional rights.
Woody Allen Defends Nasty Jokes, Even Made at His Own Expense
"I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want," says Allen after being the target of a child-molesting jab at Cannes.
Free Speech Breaks Out at Univ. of Minnesota, Kansas, Elsewhere
Extreme political correctness is (finally) sparking a reaction that places free expression as "the bedrock" upon which higher education rests.
Why Vape? E-Cig Companies Are Not Allowed to Say.
The FDA is suppressing potentially lifesaving information about the health advantages of e-cigarettes.
Obama Blasts Political Correctness, 'Fragile' Students in Rutgers Speech
"Don't feel like you got to shut your ears because you're too fragile and somebody might offend your sensibilities," said Obama.
Charles Koch and Michael Bloomberg: College Administrators Need a Free Speech Intervention
To save free speech on campus, Congress or the courts must rein in an out-of-control federal agency.
