Twitter Backs the Black Bloc: Why That May Be Bad News for Free Speech
A legal confrontation has been a long time coming. WeSearchr, a crowd-funded journalism company founded by Chuck Johnson, was suspended from Twitter this week after […]
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John Piper’s Unmanly Contempt for Politics
What is it with elite Evangelicals and their inability, or unwillingness, to understand politics? Russell Moore deemed the tens of millions of Evangelicals who supported […]
The Alternative to Facts
The reality of President Trump is driving the Left crazy—from the smears of “fake news” to this week’s hullaballoo over “alternative facts.” The media this […]
In RE: Lewis v. Trump—A Thought Experiment
It should be stipulated without reservation that U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was one of the most important civil rights heroes of the 1960s. He sacrificed not only […]
The “Rage” of the Poets
Prepare to have your life disrupted. Free verse may be in short supply for awhile. Sunday is the day that poet Alan Kaufman has called for […]
Meryl’s Bad Memory
“I am a righteous bitch, aren’t I?” –Meryl Streep as Kate Mundy in “Dancing at Lughnasa” Meryl Streep on Sunday brought all her righteousness to […]
To Understand 2016, Go To Nashville, Not Hollywood
PowerLine’s John Hinderaker is surely right that “These people don’t seem to understand that the rest of America doesn’t give a rat’s a** what Hollywood […]
Replacing Scalia and Replacing “Constitutional” Rights
Mitch McConnell’s bold and sagacious gamble last year in refusing to allow a vote on the replacement of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the […]
Fake Fretting About ‘Fake News’ at the New York Times
Watching the New York Times report on fake news is like getting a lecture about promiscuity from a syphilitic nun. On Christmas Day, Jeremy W. Peters […]
Benjamin Franklin and Fake News
Fake news has been in the news of late, and one might wish that news about fake news were fake as well. But it’s so […]
Fake News and the Crisis of Truth
“Fake news” is all the rage these days. Sky-is-falling news reports and politicians would have us believe it is an urgent problem that demands immediate […]
Calhoun U: “Safe Spaces,” Trigger Warnings, and Echoes of the Old South
In his congressional career, John Quincy Adams famously fought the “gag rule.” The rule prohibited consideration of anti-slavery petitions by the House of Representatives. Any […]
The Common Sense Trump-Has-Been-Elected Survival Guide
With Donald Trump’s election, a growing number of websites, organizations, survival guides—and even elected officials—have issued statements of fear, stoked notions of dystopia, and promoted […]
Sanctuary Cities and Marquess of Queensberry Rules
In a controversial 1992 free-speech case, Justice Antonin Scalia famously proclaimed that the government may not “license one side of a debate to fight freestyle, […]
What Today’s Conservatives Get Wrong About Flag Burning
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag,” President-elect Donald Trump asserted this week in a tweet. He speculated further that “perhaps loss of […]