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Religion-free zone in New York?
The Center for Inquiry (CFI) joined in the calls to end plans for any worship center for Islam near the site of the destroyed World Trade Center. But they added a twist. CFI called for the entire area...
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Ohio news: No creationist right to burn crosses on junior high science students
Oops! Update and correction, from NCSE, applies equally here: Update and correction (December 1, 2010): The case is apparently not officially settled after all. What was approved was not the overall...
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Why conservative talk makes more money than liberal talk: No thinking (is it...
Some say the success of conservative radio can be traced to 1987 when the Reagan administration put an end to the Fairness Doctrine, making it easier for broadcasters to be one-sided. Others cite the...
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Nuclear power plant incident in Nebraska?
A Pakistani newspaper, The Nation, should not be confused with the U.S. magazine of the same name, as I originally did. Late Friday The Nation questioned an alleged news blackout around an incident at...
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ACLU and “Uncensored” exhibit
Special invitation just for you: You’re invited: “Uncensored” Celebration at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin On Friday, September 9, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas announces...
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Strike a blow for freedom and the Constitution: Read a banned book!
John Maunu reminded me this week is Banned Books Week. Details from the American Library Association: September 24−October 1, 2011 Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to...
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Note to Kansas Gov. Brownback: Stop stalking teen-aged girls
No time at the moment to tell my story on this topic (the punchline of the thing that got me in trouble starts, ” . . . or next to Christopher Columbus, the greatest New Dealer of all time . . .”)....
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Religious freedom for students in public schools — what is the law?
President Clinton directed the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General to inform each school district in America about the law on religious freedom in public schools. This was the law in 2000...
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First Amendment: Still engraved in stone
In a discussion about teaching evolution in biology classes a few years ago, I had carefully explained how and why the First Amendment does not require creationism to be taught in biology classes, and...
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How screwed up is Oklahoma?
Oy. Perhaps this school district itself needs a little schooling in the First Amendment, and what passes for conversational English these days. Is this Prague, Oklahoma, or Prague in the old Soviet...
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Still quote of the moment, one more time: Martin Niemöller, “. . . I did not...
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist; Then they...
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Banned Books Week! Are you with the banned, in 2012?
It’s almost gone, and I haven’t even posted on it yet: Happy Banned Books Week! We’re celebrating this week from September 30 to October 6 — you’ve got two more days. Can you identify each of these...
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“Growing up in East Texas, we didn’t have any money for books”– Moyers on...
Since the death of Radio Free Texas, banned books take on even more importance in the history of freedom and free thought, in Texas. This is the state where, still, even the governor and the State...
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Banned Books Week: Still time to read
Read for Freedom; it’s the patriotic thing to do. Click on the image for more information about Banned Books Week. More: Banned Books Week! Are you with the banned, in 2012? (timpanogos.wordpress.com)...
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March 16, Freedoms Day – How to celebrate James Madison?
March 16 falls on Saturday this year, so celebrations of James Madison, who was born on March 16, 1751, will get lumped into the “something else to do” during Saturday errands, category. March 16 is...
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Can’t make this stuff up: Utah internet sales magnate wants Constitutional...
You know what? The Stupid doesn’t burn, after all — if it did, this guy would have self-immolated long ago. Utah Policy Daily is an online-newsletter of public policy stuff in the Beehive State — a...
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Encore quote for August 17: George Washington, “to bigotry, no sanction”
Maybe we should designate August 17 as “No Bigotry Day.” August 17, 1790, found U.S. President George Washington traveling the country, in Newport, Rhode Island. Washington met with “the Hebrew...
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Quote of the moment: James Madison, education, or farce and tragedy
James Madison Building of the Library of Congress, the official James Madison Memorial for the nation A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue...
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Just stay quiet: Poster hoax about the Pledge of Allegiance
Anybody send this to you on Facebook (100 times, maybe?) Hoax claims about the Pledge of Allegiance, found on Facebook and innumerable e-mails Clever, eh? It repeats the McCarthy-era editing of the...
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Banned Books Week is coming, September 22-28, 2013
Got a stack of banned books ready? Banned Books Week is September 22-28 for 2013. So THAT’s what Lady Liberty holds in her left hand. (Reading the Declaration of Indpendence can still get you into...
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