Tag Archive 'First Amendment'

The Big Lie of Being Nice

Outside the Beltway“It’s quite possible, though, that we’ve simply created a culture that values sparing hurt feelings over individual freedom of expression.”

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The Left’s Dark Side is Showing

Sometime the left uses litigation as a form of intimidation - as we see in recent events affecting freedom of speech.
Classical Values discusses the recent Obama campaign’s over the top response to Stanley Kurtz and information he reported about Obama’s connection to Bill Ayers and the Annenburg foundation. But, the straw that broke the [...]

Free Speech

Americans spend billions of dollars on clothing, cosmetics, housing, automobiles, vacations, restaurant dining, and so forth.  Why, then, are so many bothered if people wish to contribute financially to political speech?
Of all our rights, one of the most precious is the ability to communicate our views about political philosophy and government.  Insuring that others know [...]