Pope Francis Says He Never Meant to Endorse Punishment of Religious Insults
The pope's "clarification" is implausible but welcome.
The pope's "clarification" is implausible but welcome.
The shape of things to come?
The president's tired rhetoric and policy proposals show that we've not yet entered the 21st century in politics.
Houthi rebels have stormed the presidential palace in Yemen, also home of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
The president doesn't make the case for taking out ISIS
Harsher penalties and more government involvement won't help protect privacy.
The very existence of speech-policing tribunals offends freedom of expression.
While most of us will be tuning out tonight's SOTU, here's a reason to watch: It frames the president's thinking about the next year.
Barack Obama's ratings for his annual State of the Union Addresses have gone down like the Titanic. What's behind the slide? Anger and disappointment mostly.
From Iran to Nigeria, there's a lot the president can talk about, and a lot he won't say
The line that separates the news from softcore porn just got a little less blurry.
Skeptic magazine editor discusses his new book.
They should probably enjoy that cheap gas while they can get it.
Ron Paul's blowback didn't cause the attack and Rand Paul's war on immigration won't cure it.
What happens when you take one sentence from each SOTU since 1961? You realize how empty American speechmaking has become.
One can have an open society or a militarist foreign policy, but not both.
The president didn't get much of his wish list last year and he'll get even less this time. That's a good thing.
A law against condoning terrorism prescribes prison for rash remarks.
A free and prosperous society should have fewer, not more people prepared to die for it at any given time
Blowback isn't the cause and immigration restrictions aren't the cure
Maybe it's better to stay home.
Bradley Cooper commandeers Clint Eastwood's powerful war movie, Chris Hemsworth withers in Michael Mann's cyber-crime misfire.
The right of people to be critical of religion-even their own-is a defense of the common good.
"You cannot provoke," the pope says, endorsing the terrorist's veto.
Defending the decision, RPI director levels various baseless accusations
A Washington, D.C., readathon reminds us that the left once hated this anti-totalitarian classic.
Self-censorship in action
Arrests for speech at a march in support of free speech? Mais oui!
A litany of failed forecasts about terrorism
Driven by a need to appear proactive, and a taste for power, government officials once again exploit a murderous incident to increase their authority over us.
Pay attention if you care about due process, Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches, the limits of government surveillance, and Internet freedom.
Major journalistic outlets may applaud Charlie Hebdo's defiance of terrorists, but they can't bring themselves to emulate it.
Days after her husband's 'Je suis Charlie' speech, Amal Clooney is fighting to deny the human right to express disbelief in a historical fact