Petition to free Alexander Aan
I had no idea that the White House had established a web site specifically to host petitions. Some of them...
You have the freedom to make rape jokes. Should you?
There is no way, I think, to more thoroughly annoy a proponent of free speech than to claim that criticism...
Gloria Allred tries to use slut-shaming law to stop slut-shaming
The most important thing wrong, to my eyes, with the fact that Gloria Allred is trying to hold Rush Limbaugh...
Jay Leno vs. some angry Sikhs
From BBC News: A Leno skit showed the temple as the summer home of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Mr Romney...
“In God We Trust” and the right not to speak
The state of Georgia is considering a bill which requires that “In God We Trust” be on the license plates...
First Amendment quiz
Reading all of the commentaries yesterday about how little Americans appreciate the significance of Independence Day (or the 4th of...
Being rude to the police: dumb, not criminal
…and it is only dumb because it will be treated, often successfully, as criminal. But not this time: Man who...
How not to counter-protest
Gawker reports that the Westboro Baptist Church were met in Mississippi by some people who decided to try and out-douchebag...
Update
Terry Jones is on trial this morning by a Michigan jury which is going to decide whether or not he...
Demonstration denied in Dearborn; Dawud declares doubts
Dawud Walid Anti-Islam pastor Terry Jones takes his show to Michigan…or at least attempts to. In a bid to become...