Free Speech
In Defense of Dr. Oz
Congress took Dr. Oz to task for offering dietary advice. One needn't have any affection for Oz to recognize the chilling effect this has on free speech.
Authoritarian Library Demands Censorship After Publication of Anti-Clinton Files
U of A proves once again that libraries are vestiges of Soviet thinking.
Assange's Anniversary: Two Years Cornered, but Still World-Changing
From Iraq to SecureDrop, WikiLeaks remains an important tool for free speech, information, and action.
WTF FBI? Agency Has Huge List of Twitter Slang (and Some of It's Fake)
Here's nine of the weirdest. ALOTBSOL, AMIRITE?
Supreme Court Rules on Political Speech, Straw Gun Purchases, and Prepares for New Cases
Close decision approves of regulations over third-party gun buys
Friday A/V Club: The Writer, the Serial Killer, and the Goddess of Chaos
A bizarre moment on Court TV
ACLU Sues Mayor, Cops For Arrest of Twitter Parodist
Note to mayors: If you arrest people for saying things on the internet, you are the ones taking away freedom of speech.
Dan Savage Stands Up to the Speech Police, Defends His Use of 'Tranny'
Savage: "False accusations of engaging in hate speech are themselves a form of hate speech..."
U. Chicago Students Go Ballistic After Dan Savage Says 'Tranny'
Dan Savage denounced for making transgender person feel "unsafe."
Sign Regulations and the Threat to Free Speech
City planners won't let private citizens put bright red signs on their own lawns.
Liberal Harvard Groupthink Criticized By… Michael Bloomberg?
"There was more disagreement among the old Soviet politburo than there is among Ivy League donors," said Bloomberg.
When the Left Turned Against Free Speech
The long, ugly journey from the Free Speech Movement to professors assaulting protesters
Elliot Rodger's 'War on Women' and Toxic Gender Warfare
The Santa Barbara killer wasn't just a misogynist; he was a malignant narcissist.
Campus Trigger Warnings Threaten Speech and Treat Students Like Children
If we want colleges to train students to be rational members of a democratic society, mandating trigger warnings is an excellent way to ensure that we fail.
EU's Top Court Endorses Censorship of Embarrassing Facts
In the name of privacy, Europe expurgates the Internet.
Don't Silence Graduation Speakers
The best response to allegedly villainous speakers is to let them speak and make them wish they hadn't.
