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Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home

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Sen. Frank Lautenberg

We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

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After Losing Janet Jackson Battle, FCC Extends Its Misguided Policies into TV Product Placement Review

Jack Myers | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

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Jack Myers

Unless the TV industry is permitted to stretch some boundaries in this new media environment, local TV news will quickly follow newspapers into the economic doldrums.

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Subcontracting the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Leslie Harris

The First Amendment doesn't allow the FCC to function as an Internet board of review. The real question is why would such a proposal even be put out for comment.

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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The Flag Salutes George Carlin

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

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Groundbreaking comedian George Carlin, who died last month, was honored by the United States Congress with the flag that flew over the Capitol on June 23, 2008, the day the world awoke to learn that he had died.

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What Would Abbie Hoffman Have Thought Of The Flag Lapel Pin Debate?

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Flag lapel pins are all the rage these days, but the battle over wearing the flag is older than you may have thought.

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On Guns, Scalia is Right For Once, and Obama Agrees

Jackson Williams | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

If we don't like the Second Amendment, then we should agitate to get rid of it in the methods the Founders prescribed. But we might want to think twice.

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The "N" Word on Network Television

Samara O'Shea | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment

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Samara O'Shea

Thanks to the First Amendment, there's not a single word in the English language that I should be afraid to say. But I am -- and the more afraid we are to use a word the more control that word has.

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In Honor Of George Carlin, Examining Nipplephobia And Buttcrackphobia In America

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

You would think, with cable television and the internet, that we've come a long way since Carlin's "Seven Word." But we really haven't.

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Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Peter Scheer

To look at porn is a right that we all have, and for good reason: in a free society, government has no business overriding private choices about what movies to see, books to read or photos to view.

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Vietnamese Community Tests Free Speech

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media

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Peter Scheer

When the biggest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the country, gave offense to its readers in an obscure but controversial article about a work of art, it triggered an explosion of protests among readers.

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California Uber Alles?

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Greg Lukianoff

California's Constitution requires state employees to pledge to take up arms to defend the state against enemies. The oath was added in 1952; it was hardly justifiable then and is a bizarre anachronism now.

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Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses

Shahid Buttar | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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Shahid Buttar

Controversial government programs are theoretically restrained by checks and balances, but neither Congress nor the courts have a way to check a secret program.

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LA Times Editorial Defends Reporters' First Amendment Rights

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy is being held in contempt of court by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton for refusing to identify the law enforc...

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Snow Slams Mainstream Media's "Ideological Sameness"

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Former White House press secretary Tony Snow said there is a threat to the First Amendment, and it comes from within. "There is an ideological samene...

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