Free Speech

Voice Your Dissent -- In A Security Cage

Colorado Independent | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Free-Speech Zones, Free Speech, Convention Free Speech, Protest Cage, Convention Protest, Democratic Convention Protest, Secuity Cage, Home News
Colorado Independent

So-called free speech zones have been employed by both parties at past political conventions. This year Democrats face the embarrassing possibility that they will be the only party caging dissenters.

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A Free Speech Graveyard at the Democratic National Convention

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic National Convention, Protest, Free Speech, Dnc, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

With the media having sold out the First Amendment rights of protesters for the sake of their own financial interests, it is now left to a handful of civil liberties organizations and protesters to challenge these restrictions in court.

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Even Paid Speech Isn't Free

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: George W. Bush, Free Speech, Harry Shearer CD, Harry Shearer Ad, Media News
Harry Shearer

When Clear Channel saw my "Songs of the Bushmen" ads, their tone changed from oleaginously friendly salesman to angry schoolmarm -- the art was "not acceptable," a curt email informed me.

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Redefining the Press In An Election Year

Michael Lawlor | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Press, Blog, Election, Online, Free Speech, Home News
Michael Lawlor

As the concept of the press and what constitutes news are continually being challenged and redefined, freedom of the press becomes an even more crucial concept.

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Unhappy Birthday Pacifica

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, US Supreme Court, George Carlin, Technology, Fcc, Broadcast Indecency, Free Speech, Media News
Leslie Harris

Today, the media landscape barely resembles that of the late '70s, but the so-called "pervasiveness" concept arising from Pacifica -- the idea that broadcasting is an unstoppable "intruder" in the home -- lives on.

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Maybe Harvard Thought It Was The 'Manifestly Illegal' Party?

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Campus Liberty, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Harvard, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Free Speech, Living News
Greg Lukianoff

Harvard University is enshrined in the popular imagination as our nation's premier liberal arts institution. So when Harvard does something foolish like censoring a proposed student party because of its mildly risque name -- it's a big deal.

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Vietnamese Community Tests Free Speech

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Editorial Independence, Footbath, Ethnic Media, Vietnam, Flag Desecration, Free Speech, Little Saigon, Newspaper, First Amendment, Media, Journalism, Diaspora, Media News
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 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, First Amendment, Loyalty Oath, Individual Rights, Fire, Free Speech, Violence, Politics News
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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Freedom of Speech and Press Emerging as Presidential Debate Issue

Jack Myers | Posted 05.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Syracuse University, Dean David Rubin, Clear Channel, Free Speech, Media News
Jack Myers

In his convocation address this year, retiring Newhouse School Dean David Rubin explained he sought to come up with questions for the candidates about the area he knows best: freedom of speech and press. Here are questions Rubin would like the Presidential candidates to answer.

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Free Speech in the 21st Century

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Net Neutrality, Free Speech, Internet Regulation, Media News
Timothy Karr

The nation's largest phone and cable providers have proposed a closed scheme of Internet fees and filters that affords them the final say over which ideas make it to the top of the heap.

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Judging a Book By Its Cover - Literally

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Jefferson Muzzles, Breaking Media News, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Notre Dame vs. The Klan, Racial Harassment, Muzzle Awards, Brandeis University, Free Expression, Free Speech, Colorado College, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Keith John Sampson, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Iupui, Living News
Greg Lukianoff

Never mind what's actually inside the book -- Keith John Sampson's book cover had a picture of hooded Klansmen burning a cross on the cover! So his workmates freaked out.

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You're a Good Man Julian Sanchez: Why Shouting Down an Anti-Gay Speaker at Smith College Isn't Something to Be Proud Of

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Julian Sanchez, Free Speech Rights, First Amendment, Smith College, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Free Speech, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

Check out Julian Sanchez's take on why students at Smith should not be proud they disrupted a campus speech by an anti-gay speaker. In his post--whi...

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Dust-Up Round 3! Ben Stein's Expelled

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Speech Codes, Expelled, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Ben Stein, Free Speech, Ben Stein Intelligent Design Film, Ben Stein Expelled, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, Expelled Film, Ben Stein Creationism Film, Evolution, Ben Stein Intelligent Design, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

If Ben Stein cares so much about free speech and academic freedom, where has he been all these years?

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LA Times' Dust-Up Round Two! Me vs. Michael Shermer on the freedom from being offended

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Academic Freedom, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Dust-Up, Michael Shermer, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Free Speech, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

Ding ding! It's round two of my digital debate with Michael Shermer, of Skeptic magazine, over on the Los Angeles Times' "Dust-Up" feature. Today's to...

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Dust-Up! Me vs. Michael Shermer in LA Times

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Academic Freedom, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Michael Shermer, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Free Speech, Dust-Up, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

All week long, I'll be digitally debating Michael Shermer, Scientific American columnist and editor of Skeptic magazine, over on the Los Angeles Times' "Dust-Up" feature. Today's topic? Allegations of political bias in the college classroom.

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Muzzle Tov to Brandeis and Valdosta State!

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Jefferson Muzzles, Muzzle Awards, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Brandeis University, Free Expression, Valdosta State University, Free Speech, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Media News
Greg Lukianoff

On Tuesday, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announced this year's recipients of its annual "Muzzle Awards," a dubious distinction awarded to "the country's most egregious and ridiculous censors."

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Randi Rhodes Critics are Missing the Point

Jeff Norman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Misogyny, Randi Rhodes Whores, Hillary Clinton Randi Rhodes, Randi Rhodes Air America, Air America, Randi Rhodes, Free Speech, Whore, Hillary Clinton, Media News
Jeff Norman

Despite the hysterics of self-appointed morality sheriffs, anyone familiar with live comedy knows Randi Rhodes said nothing that would raise an eyebrow on the club circuit.

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Liveblogging the Torch of Shame

Christine Pelosi | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Pelosi, Tibet, San Francisco, Torch, Dalai Lama, Tibet Protests, Students for a Free Tibet, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Free Speech, San Francisco Olympics Protests, San Francisco Olympic Torch, China Tibet, Darfur Olympics, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

The protesters did not extinguish the Olympic flame today -- the authorities did.

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'What Can The Virginia Tech Tragedy Do For Me?'

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, First Amendment, Colorado Springs, Colorado College, Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Free Speech, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

Some school administrators have been using the campus shootings of the past two years as an excuse to justify cracking down on speech they don't like.

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Rhodes Says Air America Breached Her Contract

Jeff Norman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Randi Rhodes Whores, Randi Rhodes Geraldine Ferraro, Air America, Randi Rhodes, Randi Rhodes Contract Air America, Whore, Free Speech, Randi Rhodes Hillary Clinton, Randi Rhodes Suspension, Video, Geraldine Ferraro Randi Rhodes, Media News
Jeff Norman

About her employers she told me: "They are in breach of my contract and have damaged my hard won excellent reputation in the broadcast industry..."

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Breaking News: Offensive and Untrue Material Discovered on Internet!

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, College Gossip Site, First Amendment, Free Speech Zone, JuicyCampus.Com, Juicycampus, Free Speech, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, F.I.R.E., Greg Lukianoff, Fire, Libel, Juicy Campus, Media News
Greg Lukianoff

The combination of free speech, sex, and college students has turned the JuicyCampus.com story into media gold.

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"Indecency"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Telecoms John McCain, Books, Indiana Books Sex, Free Speech, Public Indecency, Gun Control, Bookstores, Sexuality, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Guns, Illegal Guns, Indiana Sexually Explicit Books, Fcc, Rupert Murdoch John McCain, FCC Public Indecency, Freedom of Expression, Rupert Murdoch, Sexually Explicit Books, Sex in Books, Censorship, Telecoms, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Where is the oversight of those who declare what is indecent? Indeed, where is the oversight of those who are providing oversight?

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R U 4 Free Speech?

Laura Scher | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Censorship, Text Messages, First Amendment, Verizon, Verizon FCC, Fcc, Naral, Verizon Abortion, Verizon NARAL, Federal Communications Commission, Free Speech, National Abortion Rights Action League, Verizon Text Messages, Verizon Censoring, Telecoms, Media News
Laura Scher

We can't rely on the goodwill of big telecoms like Verizon to allow text messages as they see fit. This new, quick way to connect needs to be regulated.

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Wikileaks and the Hard Problem of Changing Social Bargains

Clay Shirky | Posted 03.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Media Freedom, Trade Secrets, Wikileaks, Free Speech, Business News
Clay Shirky

The economics of media have been so transformed that the old legal bargains between freedom and restriction are breaking, and we have no easy way of replacing them.

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Hate Denmark For Its Freedom, Not America

Justin Hudnall | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Muhammed Cartoon, Denmark, Danish Cartoon Scandal, Limits to Free Speech, Free Speech, Theo Van Gogh, Cartoon, Cultural Sensitivity, South Park, Media News
Justin Hudnall

Last week the left-leaning newspaper Politiken reprinted one of the Muhammad cartoons, and Denmark found itself with another week-long riot in response.

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