Free Speech on Townhall

• IRS and AP Scandals Cast a Big Chill on Free Speech Mon May 20
  Michael Barone
• Holder: I Don't Really Know How Many Times We've Secretly Monitored Reporters Wed May 15
  Katie Pavlich
• Obama Administration Scraps Free Speech Tue May 14
  Mona Charen
• Professors Compare Pro-Life Students to Lynch Mob Wed Apr 17
  Todd Starnes
  Pro-Life students at the University of Buffalo came under a fierce attack by a group of professors who compared them to a lynch mob. At least one professor was arrested after she launched a profanity-laced tirade directed toward the students. ... more
• Free Speech, Hidden Cameras Don't Mix Tue Apr 16
  Debra J. Saunders
  Secret tapings can only have a chilling effect on the classroom. As USC provost Elizabeth Garrett noted in a statement, "one of the most important principles of an academic community has been that academic inquiry and discussion be free from censorship or undue outside control." ... more
• The Free Speech Guide to Picking a March Madness Bracket Wed Mar 20
  Kevin Glass
• Orwellian: Great Britain to Establish “New Press Regulations” Wed Mar 20
  Daniel Doherty
• San Francisco's New Muzzle Zone Tue Mar 19
  Debra J. Saunders
  San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is about to introduce a law to end the city's 8-foot "bubble zone" around reproductive health clinics in favor of a new 25-foot "buffer zone." ... more
• Wolfe Cries Fox Wed Feb 20
  Mike Adams
  Last week, after returning from an interview on a network that makes liberals cringe, I came home to an inbox full of emails. Usually, when I come home to a full inbox, it’s because a professor has done something stupid and people want me to write about it. This was no exception. A professor at West Liberty University had banned Fox News as a source and told her students that the "biased" station makes her "cringe." That kind of thinking is common among professors. But few professors are stupid enough to reveal it in a syllabus. ... more
• PMs & J-School Students Wed Feb 6
  Rich Galen
  Yesterday I had the great opportunity to meet with, and do some teaching to, women Members of the Moroccan Parliament and, a little later in the day, the journalism school students who want to, one day, cover them. ... more
• So What’s Wrong With Hate Speech Laws? Fri Jan 18
  Benjamin Bull
  Any serious discussion of “hate speech” laws should start with a consideration of George Orwell’s prophetic look into the future—specifically the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... more
• France Trades Free Speech for a Genderless Society Sat Jan 5
  Alan Sears
  When a society’s laws recognizing marriage as the union of one man and one woman are changed to honor the unions of same-sex couples, it’s not just the law that changes—it’s also the society itself that changes. A top-down metamorphosis begins in which every aspect of public law changes to match the new definition of marriage. ... more
• Hillary Clinton Doesn't Deserve Americans' Admiration Fri Jan 4
  Diana West
  Americans, Gallup tells us, admire Hillary Clinton more than any other woman in the world -- again. This latest accolade marks the 17th time Gallup has found Clinton to be the Most Admired Woman (MAW?) since she became first lady nearly 20 years ago. Only Eleanor Roosevelt (13 MAWs) comes close. Only Mother Teresa (1995 and 1996) and Laura Bush (2001) have interrupted Clinton's winning streak, and even then, Clinton came in second. ... more
• U.S. court voids drug rep's conviction, cites free speech Mon Dec 3
  Reuters News
• The OFA Exception to Political Speech Wed Oct 31
  Mike Adams
  Two Fridays ago, I was busy preparing for a campus debate and finishing the final edits on my next book. It was a busy day and I simply did not have time to deal with a totalitarian college administrator posing as a genuine liberal. But these people never rest. ... more
• Unlearning Liberty Tue Oct 23
  Mike Adams
  Despite their feigned interest in tolerance, college campuses are among the most punitive and stifling environments in the country. Students are routinely punished for "offenses" ranging from penning mild satire to holding the wrong opinions on important social and political issues. One book, Unlearning Liberty, by Greg Lukianoff, documents these abuses better than any other that has been written since I joined the campus culture wars over a decade ago. Greg is able to document these things well and for a simple reason: he has been the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for the last seven years. ... more
• Oregon Union Sues District for Limiting Dancing, Heckling Subs on School Property During Strike Sun Oct 21
  Kyle Olson
  The Eagle Point Education Association has filed suit against the district’s school board, claiming the board chilled its “free speech” rights because it banned picketing on school property during a May teachers strike. ... more
• The First Freedom Thu Oct 18
  Emmett Tyrrell
  I am grateful to George Washington University professor of Law, Jonathan Turley, for pointing out that a growing number of world leaders find the First Amendment's right of free speech to be an inconvenience. ... more
• West's free speech stand bars blasphemy ban: OIC Mon Oct 15
  Reuters News
• Philadelphia Teacher Turned Citizen Mission into a Joke Thu Oct 11
  Marybeth Hicks
  The mission statement of Philadelphia's Charles Carroll High School, displayed prominently on its website, offers a hopeful vision of an educational institution: “Providing all students with the academic, technological & social skills needed to be productive & contributing citizens in our society.” ... more
• Pastor to Taunt IRS Over Free Speech Fri Oct 5
  Gina Loudon
  This weekend is “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” in churches across the country. Pastors in pulpits across the country will not only endorse candidates from the pulpit, but will also send the tapes of the services directly to the IRS. ... more
• Left Wants Multiculturalism to Trump Free Speech Thu Oct 4
  Victor Davis Hanson
  The American Left used to champion free expression. We were lectured -- correctly -- that the price of being repulsed by occasional crude talk and art was worth paying. Only that way could Americans ensure our daily right to criticize those with greater power and influence whom we found wrong and objectionable. ... more
• Halloween Display: Racist? Thu Oct 4
  Colleyville, TX
  A display showing Obama and Biden caught in a web has sparked controversy. ... more
• Slandering Muhammad Is Not a Crime Wed Oct 3
  Jacob Sullum
  Addressing the U.N. General Assembly last week, President Barack Obama tried to explain this strange attachment that Americans have to freedom of speech. He was handicapped by his attraction to a moral principle whose dangers the journalist Jonathan Rauch presciently highlighted in his 1993 book, "Kindly Inquisitors": "Thou shalt not hurt others with words." ... more
• A Word For Freedom/ The President Heard From At Last Wed Oct 3
  Paul Greenberg
  They set a table for the president of the United States in the presence of his country's enemies at this year's session of the UN General Assembly. But this time, instead of apologizing for American principles, Barack Obama stepped forward to defend them -- after weeks of pussyfooting around them. ... more

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