Archive for ‘Current Events’

All I have to say is WWTD. (What would Tinker do?)

On a slightly related note, Jacqueline Duty (right) was banned from her high school prom in 2004 for wearing this homemade homage to her confederate forbears. She filed suit later that year, but I don’t know where it’s gone from there. More »

The Chaplinsky case, which we’ll cover on Thursday, doesn’t seem to cover what the author of this column is talking about. Still, it’s a common argument, so it’s worth reading even if it’s a little long. More »

Mayor Ken Corley: “But it is a national issue, and I would like the city of Brazoria to take a leadership role throughout the nation in banning the use of this word.” More »

In the original decision ruling McCain-Feingold was constitutional, handed down three years ago, the Supreme Court found concerns about money in politics to override free speech concerns. More »

You’ll recall the former congressman had an affair with a congressional page who later went missing. More »

The Fairness Doctrine specifically was declared constitutional but it hasn’t been in force since the 1980s. This recent discussion might be a good research paper. More »

This covers a whole bunch of interesting topics: whistleblowers, the Internet, prior restraint on the media. And it’s not easy to sort out. More »