Free Speech on Townhall

• 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
• Obama's Old-World Arrogance Wed Oct 3
  Brent Bozell
  When President Obama came to the U.N. General Assembly on September 25, his arrogance was on full display. He skipped meeting any world leaders, but did find time to sit down and talk about his lover moves on ABC's "The View." Topics included how he's a "romantic husband," how he "tucks in" his wife at night and how his first kiss with Michelle is now memorialized by a monument in Chicago. ... more
• 'Slander' And Free Speech Are One And The Same Fri Sep 28
  Diana West
  Who said the following: "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam." Iran's Ahmadinejad? Egypt's Morsi? Some little-known, fatwa-flinging cleric increasing the bounty on Salman Rushdie's head? None of the above. ... more
• Tribe of Liberty Fri Sep 28
  Jonah Goldberg
  We like tribalism for the same reason we like to eat fatty foods: We evolved that way. ... more
• Video: "Journalist" Arrested Defacing Pro-Isreal Ad Thu Sep 27
  Guy Benson
• Obama's Dangerous Equivalency: "Intolerance Is Itself a Form of Violence" Wed Sep 26
  Guy Benson
• Why Does Barack Obama Sound Like Ahmadinejad? Wed Sep 26
  Ben Shapiro
  Here are two quotes from two world leaders. See if you can guess the speakers. ... more
• Muslim Reporter Defaces pro-Israel Ad, Accuses Citizen Journalist of 'Defending Racism' Wed Sep 26
  New York, New York
  Egyptian-American Journalist Mona Eltahawy is arrested for spray painting anti-Muslim ad in New York subway. ... more
• Obama: Impossible to Control Information in 2012 But..... Tue Sep 25
  Katie Pavlich
• U.S. says best protection for religious dignity is free speech Mon Sep 24
  Reuters News
• Putting Our Best Face Forward Sun Sep 23
  Rich Tucker
  “People can come up with statistics to prove anything,” Homer Simpson once said. “Forty percent of all people know that.” Cue the ombudsman at The Washington Post. ... more
• Free Speech Isn't the Problem Fri Sep 21
  Jonah Goldberg
  Amidst all of the talk of religious tolerance and the hand-wringing over free speech in recent days, one salient fact is often lost or glossed over: What we face are not broad questions about the limits of free speech or the importance of religious tolerance, but rather a very specific question about the limits of Muslim tolerance and the unimportance of free speech to much of the Muslin world. ... more
• Unbelievable: State Dept. Condemns Anti-Islam Video in Pakistani Ad Thu Sep 20
  America
  In an ad airing on Pakistani TV, President Obama and Secretary Clinton are shown speaking against the video that started it all rather than the unnecessary violence. ... more
• Obama Calls Filmmaker a "Shadowy Character" Wed Sep 19
  Katie Pavlich
• The Irreconcilable Conflict Tue Sep 18
  Pat Buchanan
  Perhaps we should inspect more closely our irreconcilable conflict -- what Harvard's Michael Ignatieff calls "the fatal dialectic between Islamic rage and Western free speech." Consider first American values, as seen from an ACLU point of view. ... more
• Romney: Attack on Consulate Disgusting Wed Sep 12
  Katie Pavlich
• Egyptian Protestors Storm US Embassy Tue Sep 11
  Cairo, Egypt
  While President Obama talks football with DJ Laz, the US Embassy in Cairo is under attack. ... more
• Of Free Speech and Chick-Fil-A Fri Aug 3
  Ed Feulner
  Dan Cathy could have saved his company, Chick-Fil-A, a lot of trouble. All he had to do was keep his views about family to himself. Instead, he answered a question honestly. In a recent media interview, the company’s president and COO said what he believes and why he believes it. But his politically incorrect views are intolerable, judging from the anger of many on the left, including several big-city officials who are dead-set against his views. ... more
• Culture Challenge of the Week: Free Speech Under Assault Mon Jul 30
  Rebecca Hagelin
  This Wednesday, August 1st, I will be eating chicken. More precisely, I will be enjoying a meal at Chik-Fil-A, savoring every bite in support of the free speech rights of a principled, and successful, American businessman, Dan Cathy. ... more
• SF Supes Support (Some) Free Speech Thu Jul 26
  Debra J. Saunders
  "When Government seeks to use its full power, including the criminal law, to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought. This is unlawful. The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves." ... more
• Justice Scalia Discusses Citizens United Case Thu Jul 19
  America
  "I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better." ... more
• Dems' DISCLOSE Act Would Stifle Speech Tue Jul 17
  Debra J. Saunders
  D.C. Democrats are pushing the DISCLOSE Act again. "DISCLOSE" stands for "Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections." ... more
• Dems Playing Political Games With Failed DISCLOSE Act Mon Jul 16
  Kevin Glass
• DOJ Censoring Reporters? Fri Jul 13
  Katie Pavlich
• German far right in legal battle over free speech Fri Jun 29
  Reuters News
• Corporate Electioneering: Don't Believe the Hype Thu Jun 28
  Steve Chapman
  When the Supreme Court ventures into the subject of corporate political spending, it has a way of fogging the minds of its critics. Earlier this year, lamenting the infamous 2010 Citizens United decision, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said, "The rights of Vermonters and all Americans to speak to each other and to be heard should not be undercut by corporate spending." ... more

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