“You’re too stupid for free speech”

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Linn  and Ari Armstrong make some great points about the recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. FEC in a recent article in the Grand Junction Free Press: Regarding this case, the left is perfectly consistent with its Marxist roots. Marx wrote, “The mode of production of material life conditions the ...

Value freedom? Watch The Singing Revolution

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

The documentary's trailer: Interview with one of the directors giving background and summary: For a couple more videos and background, see Reason.tv's page on Estonia and the Singing Revolution and the documentary's website.

Campaign finance laws vs. free speech

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Regarding the September 18 Supreme Court decision on EMILY's List vs. the Federal Election Commission, I wrote in the September 12 Boulder Daily Camera: Campaign finance laws should be abolished. They violate each individual's right to express political opinions, as recognized by the First Amendment. The argument that such censorship is ...

420, marijuana legalization, and your rights

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Printed in the Daily Camera, April 18: Would you argue against government's banning a book by citing the positive outcomes of free speech? Of course not. This concedes that free speech takes a back seat to whatever authorities consider to be "good for society." Free speech derives from our individual rights: ...

Reminder of freedoms we do have

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Sure, both of the United States oppose free speech through their support of campaign finance laws. But we have much to appreciate here, as Ethiopian journalist Habtamu Dugo discusses in this video.