#Could a new GOP bill save campus free speech?

#Could a new GOP bill save campus free speech?

“#Could a new GOP bill save campus free speech?” This summer, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, designed to enhance free expression in American universities. Murphy’s bill defines “expressive activities” to include peaceful assembly, speaking and listening, and protects them from “improperly restrictive” institutional incursions, such as speech codes, bias response…

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#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

“#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook” Capitalism offers an optimal paradigm to organize a virtuous society’s economic affairs. But virtue is a precondition for capitalism, not a product of it, and no modern phenomenon better highlights that distinction than the rise of addictive social-media platforms. This past week, The Wall…

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#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 8, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 8, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 8, 2021” Dem spendfestPresident Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi all remind me of J. Wellington Wimpy, who famously said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” (“Dems’ Next $pend-a-thon,” Editorial, Aug, 5). Tuesday may never come for taxpayers stuck with the…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021” The Issue: The Biden administration’s call for social-media sites to restrict vaccine “misinformation.” It is one thing to monitor and censor hate speech; it’s quite another to censor disagreements about political, social and medical issues of great importance to the public (“Outsourcing Censorship,” Jacob Sullum, PostOpinion, July…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 25, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 25, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 25, 2021” Defender’s vic jabTo public defender Sarah Burleson: The 7-year-old whose scooter was stolen had every right to be on an electric scooter. His parents gave him that right (“Creep’s lawyer mocks kid vic,” July 21). However, your client had no right to steal the scooter for drug…

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#Biden to ban good showers and other commentary

#Biden to ban good showers and other commentary

“#Biden to ban good showers and other commentary” Libertarian: Biden To Ban Good Showers President Biden is reversing a “Trump administration rule that eased restrictions on the pleasing flow of multiheaded showers,” laments Reason’s Christian Britschgi. A 1992 law “imposed a host of convenience-crushing” regulations on appliances, including a water-output cap of 2.5 gallons per…

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