American Sniper and Blackhat
Bradley Cooper commandeers Clint Eastwood's powerful war movie, Chris Hemsworth withers in Michael Mann's cyber-crime misfire.
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What Pope Francis Got Wrong About Free Expression
The right of people to be critical of religion-even their own-is a defense of the common good.
Pope Francis Supports Free Speech, Unless It Offends People
"You cannot provoke," the pope says, endorsing the terrorist's veto.
Ron Paul Institute Publishes a Charlie Hebdo 'False Flag' Piece
Defending the decision, RPI director levels various baseless accusations
Orwell's 1984 Still Matters, Though Not in the Way You Might Think
A Washington, D.C., readathon reminds us that the left once hated this anti-totalitarian classic.
Sky News Really Doesn't Want to Show the New Charlie Hebdo Cover
Self-censorship in action
French Government Shows Stunning Hypocrisy on Free Speech
Arrests for speech at a march in support of free speech? Mais oui!
Remember When 2,000 to 5,000 Al Qaeda Operatives Had Supposedly Infiltrated America?
A litany of failed forecasts about terrorism
What's a Terrorist Attack If Not An Excuse for More Domestic Spying?
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.
Why the Prosecution of Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht is "The Most Important Trial in America"
Pay attention if you care about due process, Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches, the limits of government surveillance, and Internet freedom.
Charlie Hebdo and the Wimpiness of the Press
Major journalistic outlets may applaud Charlie Hebdo's defiance of terrorists, but they can't bring themselves to emulate it.
George Clooney's Human-Rights-Lawyer Wife Is Helping Prosecute a Turk for Denying the Armenian Genocide
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
Vietnam Now Allows, But Does Not Officially Recognize, Same-Sex Marriage
The most permissive approach to gay unions in Southeast Asia
This One Weird Trick Can Turn an Important Issue Into a Pointless Partisan Food Fight
The dumb debate about Obama's absence from a Paris rally
Ron Paul: The Notion That Charlie Hebdo Was Attacked Over Free Speech Is 'fantasy'
To make room for blowback arguments, some libertarians and progressives are denying that slaughtering a newsroom is a free-speech issue
Will American News Organizations Reprint the Most Newsworthy Cartoon of the Year?
The New York Times had 9 years to come up with a better justification for not running images of Mohammed
Charlie Hebdo Attack Demonstrates That Laws Don't Disarm Terrorists (But Screw the Rest of Us)
France's gun controls mean only that weapons are unavailable to the innocent, leaving them at the mercy of predators.
Egypt's al-Sisi, Other Muslims Speak Out Against Islamic Terrorism
In wake of Charlie Hebdo massacre Muslims are speaking out against religious extremism and terrorism.
Video of Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Flogged for "Spreading Liberal Thoughts" and "Insulting Islam"
Saudi Arabia flogged Raif Badawi for "insulting Islam" even as the govt joined in protests against Charlie Hebdo murders.
Religious Extremism and the Road to Civilization
A system of beliefs that cannot rely on persuasion to win over doubters is a weak and defective one.
Friday A/V Club: The Muhammad Movie That Never Was
'The choice of Paris as the venue of the performance suggests there is a conspiracy against Islam.'
Charlie Hebdo Plans to Publish Its Next Issue On Schedule, With an Expanded Print Run
Defiance in the face of murder.
