Prior Restraint and Compelled Speech
The First Amendment is not what a lot of people think it is. In fact, "the Freedom of Speech" doesn't mean what a most people imagine it means, though its…
Speaking the Warpath
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.George Orwell, Politics…
The Citizen and The Barbarian
Sane people don't want to police their neighbors over their own health choices, like whether or not to wear a mask. And sane politicians would never shut down their entire…
Progressivism, the Rise of Authoritarianism, and the Destruction of the Four Olds in the United States
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.Mark Twain If you're anything like me, you have had nothing but an insatiable urge to turn off the news, get off social…
The Mechanics of Black-Bloc
Anyone who says that the protests of the past week have been "mostly peaceful" does not know what they are talking about. That or they are participants. The problem is…