You know for all of the articles championing freedom of speech, which have appeared of late in the Weekly Standard, I was taken aback by the recent article: ‘Anti-Military Anthem Played at 'Concert for Valor'. This past year numerous pieces … [Read more...]
Police State
Per this report, St. Paul police raided the headquarters of groups preparing to protest the Republican National Convention. Guns drawn? Chilling effect, anyone? … [Read more...]
Muzzling freedom of speech
Please have a look at The Phoenix's annual Muzzle Awards, a Fourth of July roundup of local anti-constitutionalism that I've been writing since 1998. You'll see why Nat Hentoff likes to say that the human sex drive is exceeded only by the … [Read more...]
Civil Rights Next Door
Last spring, Avery Doninger, junior class secretary at Lewis Mills High School in Burlington, CT was working hard to organize an annual battle of the bands at her high school. There had been complications around the venue to be … [Read more...]