Where should we bar the Confederate flag — and not?
The court’s verdict is in – and it’s one rooted in the First Amendment, even if the decision is to retire a bit of expressive speech, the Confederate battle flag, from public view. Read More
View ArticlePoll Shows Disconnect Between Public Opinion and Supreme Court Over License...
Public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court disagree when it comes to whether a state can deny a specialty license plate to a group that wishes to display the Confederate flag. Read More
View ArticleNew Thought on ‘the Flag’ – and a New Lyric Line for ‘Dixie’
A new survey shows that a majority of all Americans agree with banning the Confederate battle flag from license plates, public buildings and store shelves. Read More
View ArticleSurvey: Americans say it’s OK to take down ‘that flag’
The Confederate battle flag is coming down in South Carolina, on store shelves and on license plates, and for most Americans, that’s just fine, even if we differ over its meaning. And therein is the...
View ArticleState of the First Amendment — as others see it
There's no doubt that a huge number of Americans are unable to name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment — national survey results each year since 1997 sadly leave little doubt about that...
View ArticleWhat are today’s greatest threats to free speech?
What are the greatest threats to free speech? A recent free-speech discussion co-sponsored by the Newseum Institute and Spiked magazine posed that question. Here are my choices. Read More
View ArticleWhere should we bar the Confederate flag — and not?
The court’s verdict is in – and it’s one rooted in the First Amendment, even if the decision is to retire a bit of expressive speech, the Confederate battle flag, from public view. Read More
View ArticlePoll Shows Disconnect Between Public Opinion and Supreme Court Over License...
Public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court disagree when it comes to whether a state can deny a specialty license plate to a group that wishes to display the Confederate flag. Read More
View ArticleNew Thought on ‘the Flag’ – and a New Lyric Line for ‘Dixie’
A new survey shows that a majority of all Americans agree with banning the Confederate battle flag from license plates, public buildings and store shelves. Read More
View ArticleSurvey: Americans say it’s OK to take down ‘that flag’
The Confederate battle flag is coming down in South Carolina, on store shelves and on license plates, and for most Americans, that’s just fine, even if we differ over its meaning. And therein is the...
View ArticleState of the First Amendment — as others see it
There's no doubt that a huge number of Americans are unable to name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment — national survey results each year since 1997 sadly leave little doubt about that...
View ArticleWhat are today’s greatest threats to free speech?
What are the greatest threats to free speech? A recent free-speech discussion co-sponsored by the Newseum Institute and Spiked magazine posed that question. Here are my choices. Read More
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